SOUTH AFRICA

EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE

VENTERSTAD DISTRICT

OVISTON AREA

LOWER LYSTROSAURUS ZONE

EARLY SCYTHIAN EPOCH

EARLY TRIASSIC

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: SYNAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

SUPERORDER: THERASPIDA BROOM, 1905

GRANDORDER: EUTHERAPSIDA

MICRORDER: NEOTHERAPSIDA

ORDER: THERIODONTIA OWEN, 1881

EUTHERIODONTIA

SUBORDER: CYNODONTIA OWEN, 1860

INFRAORDER: PROCYNOSUCHIA

EPICYNODONTIA HOPSON & KITCHING, 2001

Family: GALESAURIDAE Lydekker, 1890

Galesaurus planiceps

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SOUTH AFRICA

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: AMPHIBIA LINNAEUS, 1758

SUBCLASS: LABYRINTHODONTIA OWEN, 1860

SUPERORDER: TEMNOSPONDYLIA ZITTEL, 1887

MICROORDER: LIMNARCHIA YATES & WARREN, 2000

ORDER: CAPITOSAURIA ROMER, 1947

Superfamily: CAPITOSAUROIDEA Watson, 1919 (sensu Romer, 1947)

Family: MASTODONSAURIDAE Lydekker, 1885

Watsonisuchus sp