Pachygenelus

Pachygenelus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
restoration of Pachygenelus monus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: †Tritheledontidae
Genus: †Pachygenelus
Watson, 1913
Species
  • †P. monus Watson, 1913 (type)
  • †P. milleri Chatterjee, 1983

Pachygenelus is an extinct genus of tritheledontid cynodonts. Fossils have been found from the Karoo basin in South Africa and date back to the Early Jurassic.

The genus was named in 1913 on the basis of a partial lower jaw found from South Africa, with the type species being named P. monus. A new species, P. milleri, was named in 1983 and distinguished from the type species in possessing an accessory posterior cusp on the lower postcanines.[1]

  1. ^ Chatterjee, S. (1983). An ictidosaur fossil from North America. Science 220:1151-1153.