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Zorillodontops
''Zorillodontops'' is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Early Triassic of South Africa.M A Cluver (1969). ''Zorillodontops'', a new scaloposaurid from the Karoo. ''Annals of The South African Museum'' 52:183-188 http://biostor.org/reference/113400 See also * List of therapsids References The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Akidnognathids Early Triassic synapsids of Africa Early Triassic life Fossil taxa described in 1969 Therocephalia genera {{paleo-therapsid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akidnognathids
Akidnognathidae is an extinct family of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian and Early Triassic of South Africa, Russia and China. The family includes many large-bodied therocephalians that were probably carnivorous, including ''Moschorhinus'' and ''Olivierosuchus''. One akidnognathid, ''Euchambersia'', may even have been venomous. Akidnognathids have robust skulls with a pair of large caniniform teeth in their upper jaws. The family is morphologically intermediate between the more basal therocephalian group Scylacosauridae and the more derived group Baurioidea. Classification History The first family-level name used to classify an akidnognathid was Euchambersidae, erected by South African paleontologist Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra in 1934,Boonstra L.D. 1934. "A contribution to the morphology of the mammal-like reptiles of the suborder Therocephalia". ''Annals of the South African Museum'', 31: 215–267 in reference for the genus ''Euchambersia'', which is possibly one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |