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''Koupia'' is a dubious extinct
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of non-
mammal A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three ...
ian
synapsid Synapsida is a diverse group of tetrapod vertebrates that includes all mammals and their extinct relatives. It is one of the two major clades of the group Amniota, the other being the more diverse group Sauropsida (which includes all extant rept ...
. The type species, ''K. koupensis'', was coined by
Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra (1905 – 1975) was a South African palaeontologist whose work focused on the mammal-like reptiles of the Middle ( ''Tapinocephalus'' Assemblage Zone) and Late Permian, whose fossil remains are common in the South African Kar ...
in 1948, with a well-preserved skull from the ''Tapinocephalus'' Assemblage Zone of
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
, SAM-PK-11796, designated the holotype. This specimen has since been lost, and ''K. koupensis'' is currently considered a
nomen dubium In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium,'' it may be impossible to determine whether a ...
or a possible junior synonym of '' Brachyprosopus broomi''.


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Dicynodontia Permian synapsids of Africa Fossil taxa described in 1948 Taxa named by Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra Anomodont genera {{anomodont-stub