Clelandina Temporal range: Late Permian
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Holotype skull of C. rubidgei | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | †Gorgonopsia |
Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
Tribe: | †Rubidgeini |
Genus: | †Clelandina Broom, 1948 |
Type species | |
Clelandina rubidgei Broom, 1948
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Clelandina is an extinct genus of rubidgeine gorgonopsian from the Late Permian of Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone of South 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.[1][2]