Lanthanostegus References

Lanthanostegus; Temporal range: Late Permian 265.1–259.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Synapsida
Order:	† Dicynodontia
Suborder:	† Anomodontia
Genus:	†Lanthanostegus Modesto et al. 2003
Species:	†Lanthanostegus mohoii Modesto et al. 2002

Lanthanostegus is an extinct genus of non- mammalian synapsids from the Capitanian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Koonap Formation ( Beaufort Group) of South Africa. It was assigned to the clade Endothiodontia.^[2] The type and the only species is Lanthanostegus mohoii.

Taxonomic history

The animal was named as Lanthanocephalus mohoii by Modesto et al. in 2002 but was recombined as Lanthanostegus mohoii in 2003.^[3]

^ Lanthanostegus in the Paleobiology Database
^ J. Fröbisch and R. R. Reisz. 2011. The postcranial anatomy of Suminia getmanovi (Synapsida: Anomodontia), the earliest known arboreal tetrapod. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:661-698
^ S. P. Modesto, B. S. Rubidge, and J. Welman. 2003. Erratum: A replacement name for Lanthanocephalus Modesto, Rubidge and Welman 2002, not Lanthanocephalus Williams and Starmer 2000. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40(3):467