| Riebeeckosaurus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| (unranked): | Amniota |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Dinocephalia |
| Family: | Tapinocephalidae |
| Genus: | Riebeeckosaurus longirostris |
Riebeeckosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid from the Middle Permian of South Africa. Middle Tapinocephalus Zone, Karoo deposits, lower Beaufort Beds, Beaufort West, Boonstra 1952b. It was a herbivorous medium-sized (2.5 m est. 500 kg) dinocephalia, it has a very long, slender snout and a narrow intertemporal region with a narrow sagittal crest. Only two skulls are known from the type genus, both from the Tapinocephalus Zone. ATW020525 MAK020416.