Driveria

Extinct genus of therapsids

Driveria
Temporal range: 279.5–268 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Genus: Driveria
Olson, 1962
Species:
D. ponderosa
Binomial name
Driveria ponderosa
Olson, 1962

Driveria is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids the Lower Permian of San Angelo Formation, Texas.[1] It is mostly known from several postcranial bones, including the scapula, pelvis, and a few vertebrae and ribs, although a fragment of the skull that might pertain to the upper temporal fenestra is also associated with this species.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Fossilworks: Driveria".
  2. ^ Olson, Everett C. (1962). "Late Permian Terrestrial Vertebrates, U. S. A. and U. S. S. R.". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 52 (2): 1–224.
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