Platycraniellus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian cynodonts. It is known from the Early Triassic Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Normandien Formation of South Africa. The type and only species is P. elegans.[1]
| Platycraniellus Temporal range: Induan
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Epicynodontia |
| Genus: | Platycraniellus van Hoepen, 1917 |
| Species: | P. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Platycraniellus elegans van Hoepen, 1917
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Abdala, Fernando (2007). "Redescription of Platycraniellus Elegans (therapsida, Cynodontia) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa, and the Cladistic Relationships of Eutheriodonts". Palaeontology. 50 (3): 591–618. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00646.x.
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