Captorhinus
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Captorhinus is an extinct genus
of Captorhinidae
that lived in the Permian
. Its remains are known from North America
. An immature specimen of Captorhinus was originally named Bayloria, and classified as a member of the synapsid
group Eothyrididae
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2. C. laticeps
3. C. magnus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of Captorhinidae
Captorhinidae
Captorhinidae is one of the earliest and most basal reptile families.-Description:...
that lived in the Permian
Permian
The PermianThe term "Permian" was introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Sir R. I. Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London, who identified typical strata in extensive Russian explorations undertaken with Edouard de Verneuil; Murchison asserted in 1841 that he named his "Permian...
. Its remains are known from North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. An immature specimen of Captorhinus was originally named Bayloria, and classified as a member of the synapsid
Synapsid
Synapsids are a group of animals that includes mammals and everything more closely related to mammals than to other living amniotes. They are easily separated from other amniotes by having an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each, accounting for their name...
group Eothyrididae
Eothyrididae
The Eothyrididae were a small group of very primitive, insectivorous synapsids. Only two genera are known, Eothyris and Oedaleops, both from the early Permian of North America...
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Species
1. Captorhinus aguti (type) = C. isolomus = C. angusticeps = C. aduncus = Bayloria morei = Ectocynodon incisivus = Hypopnous squalidens = Paracaptorhinus neglectus2. C. laticeps
3. C. magnus