Dinartamus is an extinct genus of titanosuchian therapsids.

Dinartamus
Temporal range: Capitanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Family: Titanosuchidae
Genus: Dinartamus
Broom, 1923
Species:
D. vanderbyli
Binomial name
Dinartamus vanderbyli
Broom, 1923

This genus is only known through poor fossil records; therefore, there are few diagnostic characters known which are merely sufficient for classifying it as a titanosuchian.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Boonstra, L. D. (1969). "The fauna of the Tapinocephalus zone (Beaufort beds of the Karoo)". Annals of the South African Museum. 56 (1). Cape Town: 37.