Phocosaurus

Phocosaurus is an extinct genus of tapinocephalian therapsid. It was found in the Capitanian sediments in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.^[1]

Phocosaurus Temporal range: 264.28–259.51 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Capitanian (Permian)
A partial skull of Phocosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Dinocephalia
Family:	†Tapinocephalidae
Genus:	†Phocosaurus Seeley, 1888

See also

• Paleontology portal

• List of synapsids