Name - Elliotsmithia Broom 1937

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1211149 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Elliotsmithia

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Recent Publications

• First record of a basal synapsid ('mammal-like reptile') in Gondwana.
• Anatomy and relationships of Elliotsmithia longiceps Broom, a small synapsid (Eupelycosauria: Varanopseidae) from the Late Permian of South Africa.
• A second varanopseid skull from the Upper Permian of South Africa: implications for Late Permian 'pelycosaur' evolution.

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