Kenomagnathus
Kenomagnathus (meaning "gap jaw", in reference to the diastema in its upper tooth row) is a genus of synapsid belonging to the Sphenacodontia, which lived during the Pennsylvanian subperiod of the Carboniferous in what is now Garnett, Kansas, United States. It contains one species, Kenomagnathus scottae, based on a specimen consisting of the maxilla and lacrimal bones of the skull, which was catalogued as ROM 43608 and originally classified as belonging to "Haptodus" garnettensis. Frederik Spindler named it as a new genus in 2020.
| Kenomagnathus Temporal range: Late Pennsylvanian ~ | |
|---|---|
| Holotype fossil ROM 43608 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Sphenacodontia |
| Genus: | †Kenomagnathus Spindler, 2020 |
| Species: | †K. scottae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Kenomagnathus scottae Spindler, 2020 | |
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