Riebeeckosaurus
| Riebeeckosaurus Temporal range: Capitanian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
| Family: | †Tapinocephalidae |
| Genus: | †Riebeeckosaurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Riebeeckosaurus longirostris | |
Riebeeckosaurus is an extinct genus of tapinocephalian therapsid from the Guadalupian epoch of South Africa. Middle Tapinocephalus Zone, lower Beaufort Beds of the Karoo.Only two skulls are known from the type genus.
It was a herbivorous, medium-sized (2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) in length, 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) in mass) dinocephalian, with a very long, slender snout and a narrow intertemporal region with a narrow sagittal crest.
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External links
- Tapinocephalidae at Kheper
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