Smilesaurus
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Smilesaurus Temporal range: Late Permian 259–254 Ma |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Rubidgeinae |
| Genus: | †Smilesaurus |
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†Smilesaurus ferox Broom, 1948 |
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†Pardocephalus wallacei Broom, 1948 |
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†Pardocephalus wallacei Broom, 1948
†Smilesaurus maccabei Broom, 1948
†Aelurognathus ferox Gebauer, 2008
Smilesaurus is an extinct genus of rubidgeine gorgonopsian known from Africa. It lived during the Late Permian. It contains the single species S. ferox.
Smilesaurus was a large gorgonopsian, with a skull length of up to 31 centimeters. It can be distinguished by other rubidgeines by its lack of cranial pachyostosis and rugosoties, and by its relatively small orbits.
Smilesaurus is the basalmost known member of Rubidgeinae.
Below is a cladogram by Kammerer et al. in 2016.
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