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Njalila

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Njalila is an informal name for a genus of gorgonopsian therapsids from the Late Permian of southern Africa. [1]

18 relations: Aelurognathus, Africa, Arctognathus, Friedrich von Huene, Genus, Gorgonopsia, Incisor, Malawi, Nasal bone, Paleontology, Permian, Scylacops, Skull roof, Species, Tanzania, Therapsid, Type species, Zambia.

Aelurognathus

Aelurognathus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsids from the Permian of South Africa.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Arctognathus

Arctognathus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsids that throve during the Late Permian in the Karoo basin of what is now South Africa.

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Friedrich von Huene

Friedrich von Huene, full name Friedrich Richard von Hoinigen (March 22, 1875 – April 4, 1969) was a German paleontologist who renamed more dinosaurs in the early 20th century than anyone else in Europe.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Gorgonopsia

Gorgonopsia ("Gorgon face") is an extinct suborder of theriodonts.

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Incisor

Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.

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Malawi

Malawi (or; or maláwi), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland.

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Nasal bone

The nasal bones are two small oblong bones, varying in size and form in different individuals; they are placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face, and form, by their junction, "the bridge" of the nose.

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Paleontology

Paleontology or palaeontology is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).

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Permian

The Permian is a geologic period and system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic period 251.902 Mya.

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Scylacops

Scylacops is an extinct genus of Gorgonopsia.

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Skull roof

The skull roof, or the roofing bones of the skull, are a set of bones covering the brain, eyes and nostrils in bony fishes and all land-living vertebrates.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Tanzania

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a sovereign state in eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

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Therapsid

Therapsida is a group of synapsids that includes mammals and their ancestors.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s).

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Zambia

Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in south-central Africa, (although some sources prefer to consider it part of the region of east Africa) neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njalila

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