Leontosaurus

Leontosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone, Balfour Formation of South Africa. It contains the single species L. vanderhorsti.^[1]

Leontosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Gorgonopsia
Family:	†Gorgonopsidae
Tribe:	†Rubidgeini
Genus:	†Leontosaurus
Type species
Leontosaurus vanderhorsti Broom & George 1950
Synonyms
Rubidgea platyrhina Brink & Kitching 1953 Sycosaurus vanderhorsti Sigogneau 1970

Referred skull, the holotype of Rubidgea platyrhina

Referred skull

See also

• List of synapsids