Howesia

Howesia is an extinct genus of basal rhynchosaur from early Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) deposits of Eastern Cape, South Africa.

[1] It was found in the Burgersdorp Formation of the middle deposits of the Beaufort Group (Karoo Basin) and referred to Subzone B of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone.

[2] It was first named by Robert Broom in 1905 and the type species is Howesia browni, named after Alfred Brown.

[3] Howesia in a cladogram based on Ezcurra et al. (2016):[4] Noteosuchus Mesosuchus Howesia Eohyosaurus Rhynchosaurus Mariante rhynchosaur Stenaulorhynchus Langeronyx Bentonyx Fodonyx Isalorhynchus Teyumbaita Hyperodapedon

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