Hipposauridae

Hipposauridae
Temporal range: Late Permian
Life restoration of Hipposaurus boonstrai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Biarmosuchia
Family: Hipposauridae
Romer, 1956

Hipposauridae is an extinct family of biarmosuchian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. It includes the genus Hipposaurus, and possibly the genera Hipposauroides and Pseudhipposaurus. A closely related biarmosuchian is Ictidorhinus, which has been placed in the family Ictidorhinidae.[1]

References

  1. Rubidge, B.S.; Sidor, C.A.; Modesto, S.P. (2006). "A new burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Middle Permian of South Africa". Journal of Paleontology 80 (4): 740–749. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[740:ANBTBF]2.0.CO;2.