海豚颌兽属
海豚颌兽属（学名：Delphinognathus）是已灭绝合弓纲的一属，属于恐头兽亚目的貘头兽科，化石发现于南非开普省的卡鲁盆地[1]。化石是一个头颅骨标本，是由地质学家Thomas Bain所发现，并在1892年由古动物学家哈利·丝莱所叙述、命名。属名意为“海豚的颌部”[2]。虽然化石的保存状况不佳，但哈利·丝莱认为牠们是种爬行动物（在当时，合弓纲仍属于爬行动物）[2]。在貘头兽科中，海豚颌兽是唯一眼眶位在头颅骨后半段的属[3]。
海豚颌兽属 化石时期：
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科学分类 
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| 界： | 动物界 Animalia |
| 门： | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
| 纲： | 合弓纲 Synapsida |
| 演化支： | 兽孔类 Therapsida |
| 科： | †貘头兽科 Tapinocephalidae |
| 属： | †海豚颌兽属 Delphinognathus Seeley, 1892 |
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| 海豚颌兽 Delphinognathus conocephalus Seeley, 1892
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参考文献
- ^ The Mammal-like Reptiles of South Africa and the Origin of Mammals; page 352. By Robert Broom; Published 1932, H. F. & G. Witherby. Retrieved on 2008-07-11
- ^ 2.0 2.1 On Delphinognathus conocephalus (Seeley) from the Middle Karoo Beds, Cape Colony. H.G. Seeley; Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society: 469–475. 1892 [2008-07-11]. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1892.048.01-04.31.
|volume=被忽略 (帮助) - ^ Collected papers By Lieuwe D. Boonstra. Published 1962. Original from the University of California. Retrieved on 2008-07-11
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- Palaeontologia Africana By Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research. Published 1953, The Institute.
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- Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa By Royal Society of South Africa. Published 1925, Royal Society of South Africa