Progalesaurus
Name:
Progalesaurus
(Before Galesaurus).
Phonetic: Pro-gal-e-sor-us.
Named By: C. A. Sidor & R. M. H.
Smith - 2004.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Cynodontia, Galesauridae.
Species: P. lootbergensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa - Balfour
Formation.
Time period: Induan of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Progalesaurus is a genus of galesaurid cynodont that lived in South Africa during the early Triassic.
Further reading
- A new galesaurid (Therapsida: Cyndontia) from the Lower
Triassic of South Africa. - Palaeontology 47:535-556. - C.
A. Sidor & R. M. H. Smith - 2004.
- Aggregations and parental care in the Early Triassic basal cynodonts
Galesaurus planiceps and Thrinaxodon liorhinus. - PeerJ. 5: e2875. -
Sandra C. Jasinoski & Fernando Abdala - 2017.
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