Koupia | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | † Anomodontia |
Clade: | † Dicynodontia |
Genus: | † Koupia Boonstra, 1948 |
Type species | |
Koupia koupensis Boonstra, 1948 |
Koupia is a dubious [1] extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid. The type species, K. koupensis, was coined by Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra in 1948, with a well-preserved skull from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa, SAM-PK-11796, designated the holotype. This specimen has since been lost, and K. koupensis is currently considered a nomen dubium [1] or a possible junior synonym of Brachyprosopus broomi . [2]