海豚頜獸屬
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： | 合弓綱 Synapsida |
| 演化支： | 獸孔類 Therapsida |
| 科： | †貘头兽科 Tapinocephalidae |
| 属： | †海豚颌兽属 Delphinognathus Seeley, 1892 |
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| 海豚頜獸 Delphinognathus conocephalus Seeley, 1892
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海豚頜獸屬（學名：Delphinognathus）是已滅絕合弓綱的一屬，屬於恐頭獸亞目的貘頭獸科，化石發現於南非開普省的卡魯盆地[1]。化石是一個頭顱骨標本，是由地質學家Thomas Bain所發現，並在1892年由古動物學家哈利·絲萊所敘述、命名。屬名意為「海豚的頜部」[2]。雖然化石的保存狀況不佳，但哈利·絲萊認為牠們是種爬行動物（在當時，合弓綱仍屬於爬行動物）[2]。在貘頭獸科中，海豚頜獸是唯一眼眶位在頭顱骨後半段的屬[3]。
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