Two C. aguti specimens, Cisuralian (299-270 Ma), Oklahoma, United States
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Family:
†Captorhinidae
Genus:
†Captorhinus Cope, 1895
Type species
†Captorhinus aguti
Cope, 1895
Synonyms
HyponousCope, 1896
HypopnousAuctt. (Missp.)
BayloriaOlson, 1941
ParacaptorhinusWatson, 1954
EocaptorhinusHeaton, 1979
Captorhinus (from Greek: καπτōkaptō, 'to gulp down' and Greek: ῥῑνόςrhīnós, 'nose')[1] is an extinct genus of captorhinid reptiles that lived during the Permian period. Its remains are known from North America (Oklahoma, Texas) and possibly South America.
^Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris); Knight, Charles Robert (1951). The dinosaur book : the ruling reptiles and their relatives. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 146.
of Captorhinus, there are three main species that are the best known. The previously mentioned Captorhinus aguti is the type species of Captorhinus, but...
Baeotherates fortsillensis, a captorhinid Captorhinus aguti, a captorhinid Captorhinus kierani, a captorhinid Captorhinus magnus, a captorhinid Labidosauriscus...
defined as "all captorhinids more closely related to Moradisaurus than to Captorhinus". The moradisaurines inhabited what is now China, Morocco, Niger, Russia...
combination with another single rowed Captorhinus, Eocaptorhinus that was only distinguishable from Captorhinus aguti by the presence single row of teeth...
stem-based clade, specifically, the most inclusive clade containing Captorhinus aguti and Petrolacosaurus kansensis but not Procolophon trigoniceps,...
Eryops, and Trimerorhachis, the reptiliomorph Seymouria, the reptile Captorhinus, and the synapsids Ophiacodon and Edaphosaurus. These tetrapods made...
den Brandt et al. (2024). Mooney et al. (2024) describe a skeleton of Captorhinus aguti from the Richards Spur locality (Oklahoma, United States), preserved...
containing Milleretta rubidgei and Procolophon trigoniceps, but not Captorhinus aguti." The cladogram below follows an analysis by M.S. Lee, in 2013...
a clavicle with an expanded ventral blade, yet shorter than that of Captorhinus or pelycosaurs. Also, there is a large cleithrum with a broad, rounded...
Bowman, Merton C. (31 January 1966). "Osteology and relationships of Captorhinus aguti (Cope) (Reptilia: Captorhinomorpha)". The University of Kansas...
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