| Ictidochampsa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | † Therocephalia |
| Family: | † Whaitsiidae |
| Genus: | † Ictidochampsa Broom, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| †Ictidochampsa platyceps Broom, 1948 | |
Ictidochampsa is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. The type species Ictidochampsa platyceps was named by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1948 from the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone. [1]
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