Lanthanostegus

Lanthanostegus
Temporal range: Late Permian 265.1–259.9 Ma [1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Anomodontia
Clade: Dicynodontia
Genus: Lanthanostegus
Modesto et al., 2003[2]
Type species
Lanthanostegus mohoii
Modesto et al., 2002[3]

Lanthanostegus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from the Capitanian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Koonap Formation (Beaufort Group) of South Africa. The type and the only species is Lanthanostegus mohoii.

  1. ^ Lanthanostegus in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Modesto2003 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Modesto, Sean P.; Rubidge, Bruce S.; Welman, Johann (2002). "A new dicynodont therapsid from the Lowermost Beaufort Group, Upper Permian of South Africa". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 39 (12): 1755–1765. doi:10.1139/E02-091.