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''Mupashi'' is an extinct monotypic genus of
therocephalia Therocephalia is an extinct suborder of eutheriodont therapsids (mammals and their close relatives) from the Permian and Triassic. The therocephalians ("beast-heads") are named after their large skulls, which, along with the structure of their te ...
ns that lived during the
Late Permian Late may refer to: * LATE, an acronym which could stand for: ** Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, a proposed form of dementia ** Local-authority trading enterprise, a New Zealand business law ** Local average treatment effect, ...
of what is now Zambia. It was relatively small-bodied and had a long snout with a high tooth count compared to most other therocephalians. The size of its sclerotic ring suggests that it was adapted to be active in low-light conditions.


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Therocephalia genera Monotypic prehistoric animal genera Permian synapsids of Africa Fossils of Zambia Fossil taxa described in 2016 {{paleo-therapsid-stub