Howesia

Howesia is an extinct genus of basal rhynchosaur from early Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) deposits of Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is known from the holotype SAM 5884, a partial skeleton with palate and partial lower jaws and from two paratypes, SAM 5885 and SAM 5886.^[1] It was found in the Burgersdorp Formation of the middle deposits of the Beaufort Group (Karoo Basin) and referred to Subzone B of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone.^[2] It was first named by Robert Broom in 1905 and the type species is Howesia browni, named after Alfred Brown.^[3]

Howesia Temporal range: Middle Triassic, 246 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Order:	†Rhynchosauria
Genus:	†Howesia Broom, 1905
Species
†H. browni Broom, 1905 (type)

Life Restoration

Howesia in a cladogram based on Ezcurra et al. (2016):^[4]

Rhynchosauria	Noteosuchus Mesosuchus Howesia Eohyosaurus Rhynchosauridae Rhynchosaurus Stenaulorhynchinae Mariante rhynchosaur Stenaulorhynchus Langeronyx Bentonyx Fodonyx Hyperodapedontinae Isalorhynchus Teyumbaita Hyperodapedon