Clelandina

Clelandina
Holotype skull of C. rubidgei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Family: Gorgonopsidae
Subfamily: Rubidgeinae
Genus: Clelandina
Species
  • C. rubidgei Broom, 1948 (type)
Synonyms
  • Dragocephalus Brink and Kitching, 1953
Restoration of C. rubidgei
Referred skull, the holotype of Tigrisaurus pricei

Clelandina is an extinct genus of Gorgonopsia. It was first named by Broom in 1948. The type and only species is C. rubidgei. It is relatively rare, with only four known specimens. [1]

Description

Clelandina rubidgei has an extraordinarily small sclerotic ring relative to the size of its orbit, which implies that it had proportionally small eyes. It is the only rubidgeine with a preserved sclerotic ring, so it is unknown whether this trait was shared by other members of the subfamily. Like all rubidgeines, it was relatively large, with a skull up to 36 cm long. It had reduced dentition, with no teeth posterior to the canines.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kammerer, Christian F. (2016). "Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia)". PeerJ volume = 4: e1608. doi:10.7717/peerj.1608.

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