Species Classification: ‭ ‬Lycideopidae.

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 … Read more

In Depth        Tetracynodon is a genus of therocephalian therapsid that is noted as having lived through‭ ‬the Permian/Triassic extinction event,‭ ‬something that was probably the most dramatic extinction level event recorded in our planets history,‭ ‬even more devastating than the extinction that killed off the dinosaurs.‭ ‬One thing of note is that the Permian species … Read more