Broomisaurus is an extinct genus of Gorgonopsia. It was first named by Joleaud in 1920, and contains the single species B. planiceps. Gebauer (2007) considered Broomisaurus to be a nomen dubium, indistinguishable as a separate taxon of gorgonopsian because it is based on only a fragmentary remains.[1] A 2015 paper on Eriphostoma tentatively agreed with Gebauer's determination, but did not rule out the possibility that Broomisaurus might be synonymous with Eriphostoma.[2]
| Broomisaurus Temporal range: Permian
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| skull cast, left lateral view | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Gorgonopsia |
| Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
| Genus: | †Broomisaurus Joleaud, 1920 |
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| †Broomisaurus planiceps (Broom, 1913)
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Broomisaurus skull cast, dorsal view (top) and right lateral view (bottom). At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
References
edit- ^ Gebauer, E.V.I. (2007). Phylogeny and evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a special reference to the skull and skeleton of GPIT/RE/7113 ('Aelurognathus?' parringtoni) (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). Tübingen: Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen. pp. 1–316.
- ^ Christian F. Kammerer, Roger M. H. Smith, Michael O. Day and Bruce S. Rubidge (2015) New information on the morphology and stratigraphic range of the mid-Permian gorgonopsian Eriphostoma microdon Broom, 1911. Papers in Palaeontology (advance online publication) DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1012 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1012/abstract
Sources
edit- Palaeontologia Africana; page 106. By the Bernard Price Institute for Paleontological Research, published 1953.
- www.paleofile.com - Alphabetical list, B section
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