| Cerdorhinus Temporal range:Permian | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Gorgonopsia |
| Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
| Genus: | †Cerdorhinus Broom,1936 |
| Type species | |
| †Cerdorhinus parvidens Broom, 1936 | |
Cerdorhinus is an extinctgenus ofgorgonopsiantherapsids from thePermian ofSouth Africa. Thetype speciesCerdorhinus parvidens was named by South African paleontologistRobert Broom in 1936.[1] A second species,Cerdorhinus rubidgei, was named in 1937. In 2007, a specimen of the latter was reassigned to the genusCyonosaurus.[2]
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