Lophorhinus

Lophorhinus Temporal range: Late Permian
Life restoration of Lophorhinus willodenensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Biarmosuchia
Clade:	†Burnetiamorpha
Genus:	†Lophorhinus Sidor and Smith, 2007
Type species
†L. willodenensis Sidor and Smith, 2007

Lophorhinus is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. The type species L. willodenensis was named in 2007.[1] It is known from the anterior half of a skull.[1]

Lophorhinus (second) and relatives

References

1. Sidor, C.A.; Smith, R.M.H. (2007). "A second burnetiamorph therapsid from the Permian Teekloof Formation of South Africa and its associated fauna". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (2): 420–430. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[420:ASBTFT]2.0.CO;2.