Geikia

Geikia
Temporal range: Late Permian
G. locusticeps skull, showing large orbits and shortened face
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: †Anomodontia
Clade: †Dicynodontia
Family: †Geikiidae
Genus: †Geikia
Newton, 1893
Type species
†G. elginensis
Newton, 1893
Species
  • †G. elginensis Newton, 1893 (type)
  • †G. locusticeps von Huene, 1942 (originally Dicynodon locusticeps)

Geikia is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsids from the late Permian. The abundance and diversity of dicynodonts during this period, combined with incomplete or inadequately prepared specimens, have led to challenges in determining relationships within this taxon.[1] Only two species, Geikia locusticeps and Geikia elginensis have been assigned to this genus.[2] While this is the currently accepted classification, fossil record limitations have led to repeated debate on the genus assignments of these species.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cluver, M.A.; Hotton, N. (1981). "The genera Dicynodon and Diictodon, and their bearing on the classification of the Dicynodontia (Reptilia, Therapsida)". Annals of the South African Museum. 83: 99–146.
  2. ^ a b Maisch, Michael W.; Gebauer, Eva V. I. (2005-03-01). "Reappraisal of Geikia locusticeps (therapsida: Dicynodontia) from the Upper Permian of Tanzania". Palaeontology. 48 (2): 309–324. Bibcode:2005Palgy..48..309M. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00451.x. ISSN 1475-4983. S2CID 129810300.
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