Koupia
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| Koupia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Anomodontia |
| Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
| Genus: | †Koupia Boonstra, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| Koupia koupensis Boonstra, 1948 | |
Koupia is a dubious[1] extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid. The type species, K. koupensis, was coined by Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra in 1948, with a well-preserved skull from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa, SAM-PK-11796, designated the holotype. This specimen has since been lost, and K. koupensis is currently considered a nomen dubium[1] or a possible junior synonym of Brachyprosopus broomi.[2]
