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CLELANDINA
(cle-lan-de-nah)
Clelandina
Named By: Robert Broom in 1948
Time Period: Late Permian 259-254 Ma
Location: South Africa
Size: Skull of C. scheepersi 19 centimetres long, skull of C. rubidgei about 21 centimetres long. Body length estimated to be around the 1 meter mark
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Skulls, though often compressed during fossilisation
Classification: | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Gorgonopsia |
Also known as: | Dracocephalus scheepersi |
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Clelandina is an extinct genus of rubidgeine gorgonopsian from the Late Permian of Africa. It was first named by Broom in 1948. The type and only species is C. rubidgei. It is relatively rare, with only four known specimens.

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