Madysaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Madysauridae Tatarinov, 2005 |
Genus: | †Madysaurus Tatarinov, 2005 |
Species: | †M. sharovi
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Binomial name | |
†Madysaurus sharovi Tatarinov, 2005
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Madysaurus (meaning "Madygen reptile") is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in Kyrgyzstan. It was first named by Leonid Petrovich Tatarinov in 2005. Madysaurus is known from the Madygen Formation, a Triassic Lagerstätte that also includes well-preserved remains of insects and small reptiles like Sharovipteryx and Longisquama. Madysaurus is one of the most primitive cynodonts and is placed in its own family, Madysauridae.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fossilworks: Madysaurus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Tatarinov, L.P. (2005). "A new cynodont (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Magygen Formation (Triassic) of Fergana, Kyrgyzstan". Paleontological Journal. 39 (2): 192–198.