無齒獸屬
無齒獸屬(學名:Oudenodon)是已滅絕合弓綱的一屬,屬於異齒亞目的二齒獸下目,化石發現於非洲南部,生存年代為二疊紀晚期。無齒獸目前已有數個已命名種[2]。模式種O. grandis以及O. bainii的化石發現於南非[3][4]。O. luangwensis的化石發現於尚比亞[5]。O. sakamenensis的化石發現於馬達加斯加,是已知唯一發現於馬達加斯加的獸孔目[6]。
无齿兽属 化石时期: | |
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科学分类 | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 合弓綱 Synapsida |
演化支: | 獸孔類 Therapsida |
科: | †无齿兽科 Oudenodontidae |
属: | †无齿兽属 Oudenodon Bain, 1856 |
模式種 | |
Oudenodon bainii Owen, 1860 | |
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無齒獸是無齒獸科的模式屬,無齒獸科還包含:Cteniosaurus、Tropidostoma、以及Rhachiocephalus。
參考資料
- Boonstra, L. D. (1938). A report of some Karoo reptiles from the Luangwa Valley, Northern Rhodesia. Quaternary Journal of the Geological Society of London 94:371-384.
- King, G. (1988). Anomodontia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17C:1-174.
- Owen, R. (1860). On some reptilian fossils from South Africa. Quaternary Journal of the Geological Assotiation of South Africa 67:1-110.
- Haughton, S. H. (1917). Investigations in South African fossil reptiles and Amphibia. Part 10. Descriptive catalogue of the Dicynodontia. Annals of the South African Museum 12:127-174.
- Keyser, A. W. (1975). A re-evaluation of the cranial morphology and systematics of some tuskless Anomodontia. Memoir of the Geological Society of South Africa 67:1-110.
- Mazin, J. M. and King, G. M. (1991). The first dicynodont from the Late Permian of Malagasy. Palaeontology 34:837–842.
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