Howesia
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, 246 Ma
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Order: | †Rhynchosauria |
Genus: | †Howesia Broom, 1905 |
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Howesia is an extinct genusofbasal rhynchosaur from early Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) deposits of Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is known from the holotype SAM 5884, a partial skeleton with palate and partial lower jaws and from two paratypes, SAM 5885 and SAM 5886.[1] It was found in the Burgersdorp Formation of the middle deposits of the Beaufort Group (Karoo Basin) and referred to Subzone B of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone.[2] It was first named by Robert Broomin1905 and the type speciesisHowesia browni, named after Alfred Brown.[3]
Howesia in a cladogram based on Ezcurra et al. (2016):[4]
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