Mastersonia

Extinct genus of therapsids

Mastersonia
Temporal range: 279.5–268 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Genus: Mastersonia
Olson, 1962
Species:
M. driverensis
Binomial name
Mastersonia driverensis
Olson, 1962

Mastersonia is an extinct genus of non-mammalian therapsids from the Lower Permian of San Angelo Formation, Texas.[1] It is only known from a few, very large vertebrae.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Fossilworks: Mastersonia".
  2. ^ Olson, Everett C. (1962). "Late Permian Terrestrial Vertebrates, U. S. A. and U. S. S. R.". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 52 (2): 1–224.
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