Named By: | Joleaud in 1920 |
Time Period: | Permian |
Location: | South Africa |
Size: | Uncertain |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial fragmentary remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Gorgonopsidae | |
Also known as: | | Scymnorhinus planiceps | |
Broomisaurus is an extinct genus of Gorgonopsia. It was first named by Joleaud in 1920, and contains the single species B. planiceps. Gebauer (2007) considered Broomisaurus to be a nomen dubium, indistinguishable as a separate taxon of gorgonopsian because it is based on only a fragmentary remains. A 2015 paper on Eriphostoma tentatively agreed with Gebauer's determination, but did not rule out the possibility that Broomisaurus might be synonymous with Eriphostoma.