Name
Lobalopex (lobe fox).
Phonetic
Lo-bal-o-pleks.
Named By
C. A. Sidor, J. A. Hopson & A. W. Keyser - 2004.
Classification
Chordata, Synapsida, Therapsida, Biarmosuchia, Burnetiamorpha.
Diet
Carnivore.
Species
L. mordax
Size
Skull about 15 centimetres long, total body size estimated to be about 80 centimetres long.
Known locations
South Africa - Teekloof Formation.
Time Period
Capitanian of the Permian.
Fossil representation
Skull, mandible (lower jaw) and first four cervical (neck) vertebrae.
Lobalopex is a genus of burnetiamorph biarmosuchian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Permian. As a burnetiamorph, Lobalopex would have been more closely related to genera such as Lophorhinus and Pachydectes than to Biarmosuchus.
- A New Burnetiamorph Therapsid from the Teekloof Formation, Permian of South Africa. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):938-950. - C. A. Sidor, J. A. Hopson & A. W. Keyser - 2004.
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