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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Galesauridae |
| Genus: | †Galesaurus Owen, 1859 |
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| Galesaurus planiceps Owen, 1859
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Galesaurus (from the Greek roots for 'weasel' and 'lizard') is an extinct genus of carnivorous cynodont therapsid that lived between the Induan and the Olenekian stages of the Early Triassic in what is now South Africa.[1] It was incorrectly classified as a dinosaur by Sir Richard Owen in 1859.
Notably, Galesaurus was mentioned in the first issue of Nature in 1869, where T. H. Huxley erroneously expressed confidence that it would eventually be shown to be a dinosaur.[2]
- ^ "Galesaurus". www.paleofile.com. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
- ^ Huxley, T.H. (1869-11-04). "Triassic Dinosauria". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2017-03-06.