Lanthanostegus
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
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Lanthanostegus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from the Capitanian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Koonap Formation (Beaufort Group) of South Africa. The type and the only species is Lanthanostegus mohoii.
| Lanthanostegus Temporal range: Late Permian [1] | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Anomodontia |
| Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
| Genus: | †Lanthanostegus Modesto et al., 2003[2] |
| Type species | |
| †Lanthanostegus mohoii Modesto et al., 2002[3] | |
Taxonomic history
The animal was named as Lanthanocephalus mohoii by Modesto et al. in 2002[3] but was recombined as Lanthanostegus mohoii in 2003, as the genus Lanthanocephalus was preoccupied by a coral.[2]
