Lycideops

Ly-ce-de-ops.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Lycideops.

Phonetic

Ly-ce-de-ops.

Named By

Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1931.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Therocephalia,‭ ‬Lycideopidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

L.‭ ‬longiceps‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

South Africa.

Time Period

Late Permian.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

       Lycideops is a genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Late Permian.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬The Oldest Therocephalians‭ (‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Eutheriodontia‭) ‬and the Early Diversification of Therapsida.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Palaeontology‭ ‬51‭ (‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬1011.‭ ‬-‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Abdala,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Rubidge‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Van Den Heever‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008. -‭ ‬Reassessment of the morphology and paleobiology of the therocephalian Tetracynodon darti‭ (‬Therapsida‭)‬,‭ ‬and the phylogenetic relationships of Baurioidea.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬32‭ (‬5‭)‬:‭ ‬1113.‭ ‬-‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Sigurdsen,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Huttenlocker,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Modesto,‭ ‬T.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Rowe‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬Damiani‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.

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