Lycosuchus
| Lycosuchus Temporal range: Middle Permian | |
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| Lycosuchus sp. skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Therocephalia |
| Family: | †Lycosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Lycosuchus |
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Lycosuchus ("wolf crocodile") is an extinct carnivorous genus of therocephalian which lived in the late Permian 265—245 Ma existing for approximately 20 million years. It was a medium-sized predator, reaching 1.2 m (3.8 ft) in length with a skull 23 cm long.[1]
Head
Discovered in South Africa, it was named by paleontologist Robert Broom in 1903 and later assigned by him to Therocephalia.
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ T.S. Kemp (2005) The origin and evolution of mammals p.55
- R. Broom (1913) A revision of the reptiles of the Karroo. Annals of the South African Museum 7(6):361-366
External links
- http://fossils.valdosta.edu/fossil_pages/fossils_per/t72.html Cast of skull and jaw courtesy of the National Museum, Bloemfontein South Africa
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