Galesaurus

Galesaurus Temporal range: Induan-Olenekian ~252–247 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Specimen in a block
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Family:	†Galesauridae
Genus:	†Galesaurus Owen, 1859
Type species
Galesaurus planiceps Owen, 1859

Galesaurus (from the Greek roots for 'weasel' and 'lizard') is an extinct genus of carnivorous cynodont therapsid that lived between the Induan and the Olenekian stages of the Early Triassic in what is now South Africa.^[1] It was incorrectly classified as a dinosaur by Sir Richard Owen in 1859.

Notably, Galesaurus was mentioned in the first issue of Nature in 1869, where T. H. Huxley erroneously expressed confidence that it would eventually be shown to be a dinosaur.^[2]