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Charassognathus
| Description | Charassognathus (meaning 'notched jaw') is an extinct genus of Late Permian cynodonts. Described in 2007 from a locality near Fraserburg, South Africa, Charassognathus is the earliest and most basal cynodont. It is known only from the holotype, which dates from the upper Permian Period. The type and only species is C. gracilis. The holotype (SAM-PK-K 10369) is made up of a crushed skull, partial lower jaw and one leg. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charassognathus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Charassognathus | |||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||
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| Scientific Name | Charassognathus Botha, Abdala & Smith, 2007 | |||||||
| Name Published In | Article title: The oldest cynodont: new clues on the origin and early diversification of the Cynodontia. | |||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charassognathus |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Charassognathus gracilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
References
| refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Article title: The oldest cynodont: new clues on the origin and early diversification of the Cynodontia. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
