Clelandina

Clelandina
Temporal range: Late Permian 259–254 Ma
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Holotype skull of C. rubidgei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: †Gorgonopsia
Family: †Gorgonopsidae
Tribe: †Rubidgeini
Genus: †Clelandina
Broom, 1948
Type species
Clelandina rubidgei
Broom, 1948
Synonyms

Genus-level

  • Tigrisaurus
    Broom & George, 1950
  • Dragocephalus
    Brink & Kitching, 1953

Species-level

  • Clelandina major Broom, 1940
  • Tigrisaurus pricei Broom & George, 1950
  • Dracocephalus scheepersi Brink & Kitching, 1953
  • Dinogorgon (Dracocephalus) scheepersi Watson & Romer, 1956
  • Clelandina scheepersi Sigogneau, 1970
  • Dinogorgon pricei Sigogneau, 1970
  • Rubidgea pricei Gebauer, 2007
Restoration of C. rubidgei
Referred skull, the holotype of Tigrisaurus pricei

Clelandina is an extinct genus of rubidgeine gorgonopsian from the Late Permian of Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. It was first named by Broom in 1948. The type and only species is C. rubidgei. It is relatively rare, with only four known specimens.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kammerer, Christian F. (2016). "Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia)". PeerJ. 4: e1608. doi:10.7717/peerj.1608. PMC 4730894. PMID 26823998.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Clelandina".