Ischigualastia

Ischigualastia is an extinct genus of large dicynodont therapsids that lived during the Late Carnian age and the Early Norian age of the Late Triassic Period. The genus was found in and named after the Ischigualasto Formation (Cancha de Bochas Member) of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina. It has been placed in the family Stahleckeriidae.

Ischigualastia
Temporal range: Late Carnian to Early Norian
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Mounted skeleton of Ischigualastia jenseni
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Anomodontia
Clade: Dicynodontia
Family: Stahleckeriidae
Subfamily: Stahleckeriinae
Genus: Ischigualastia
Cox 1962
Type species
Ischigualastia jenseni
Cox, 1962
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