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Phocosaurus

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Phocosaurus
Temporal range: 264.28–259.51 Ma
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Capitanian (Permian)
A partial skull of Phocosaurus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: †Dinocephalia
Family: †Tapinocephalidae
Genus: †Phocosaurus
Seeley, 1888

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

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