Zambiasaurus
Zambiasaurus is an extinct genus of dicynodonts that was discovered in the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Ntawere Formation of Zambia, southern Africa. It was a large dicynodont, reconstructed using several fossil fragments, in majority belonging to probably a juvenile Zambiasaurus submersus.
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Anomodontia |
| Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
| Family: | †Stahleckeriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Placeriinae |
| Genus: | †Zambiasaurus Cox, 1969 |
| Species: | †Z. submersus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Zambiasaurus submersus Cox, 1969 | |
Zambiasaurus submersus is the type species of the genus Zambiasaurus. It is a stahleckeriid, the first stahleckeriid known outside South America, and it is also the oldest known stahleckeriid.
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