Ischigualastia
Ischigualastia is an extinct genus of large dicynodont therapsids from the Late Triassic of Argentina. It is named after its place of discovery, the Ischigualasto Formation in the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin of northwestern Argentina. Like other Late Triassic dicynodonts, Ischigualastia is a member of the family Stahleckeriidae.
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Ischigualastia is an extinct genus of large dicynodont therapsids from the Late Triassic of Argentina. It is named after its place of discovery, the Ischigualasto Formation in the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin of northwestern Argentina. Like other Late Triassic dicynodonts, Ischigualastia is a member of the family Stahleckeriidae.
== Discovery == Ischigualastia was briefly named by C. Barry Cox in 1962, with a larger description published in 1965. It is one of the better-known South American dicynodonts in terms of its variety of fossils, including several nearly complete skulls. Cox named the genus after its location of discovery, the Ischigualasto Valley, while the species honors James Jensen, who prepared some of its fossils.