Eriphostoma

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Eriphostoma
Temporal range: Middle Permian, Capitanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Clade: Theriodontia
Suborder: Gorgonopsia
Genus: Eriphostoma
Broom, 1911
Type species
Eriphostoma microdon
Broom, 1911

Eriphostoma is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsid known from the Middle Permian (middle Capitanian stage) of Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, South Africa. It was first named by Robert Broom in 1911 and the type species is Eriphostoma microdon. A revision of Eriphostoma by Kammerer (2013) found it to represent the earliest known gorgonopsian.[1]

References

  1. Christian F. Kammerer (2013). "A Redescription of Eriphostoma microdon Broom, 1911 (Therapsida, Gorgonopsia) from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa and a Review of Middle Permian Gorgonopsians". In Christian F. Kammerer, Kenneth D. Angielczyk and Jörg Fröbisch (eds). Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida. in press. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6841-3_11. ISBN 978-94-007-6840-6. 
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