In Depth Myosaurus is a genus of dicynodont therapsid that so far seems to have been spread across South Africa and Antarctica, though it should be remembered that back in the early Triassic these locations were much closer together. Further Reading - Myosaurus gracilis, an Anomodont Reptile from the Lower Triassic of Antarctica and South … Read more
In Depth A relative of Traversodon, Theropsodon is a genus of cynodont that lived in Tanzania during the Triassic. Further Reading - Die Theriodontier des ostafrikanischen Ruhuhu-Gebietes in der T�binger Sammlung. - Neues Jahrbuch f�r Geologie und Pal�ontologie 92: 47–136. - Friedrich von Huene - 1950.
In Depth Madysaurus is a genus of cynodont that lived in Kyrgyzstan during the Triassic. Further Reading - A new cynodont (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Madygen Formation (Triassic) of Fergana, Kyrgyzstan. - Paleontological Journal 39:192-198. - L. P. Tatarinov - 2005.
In Depth Ictidosuchoides is a genus of therocephalian therapsid that is known to have lived at the time of the great Permian extinction. Ictidosuchoides is known to have survived this event, however the genus seems to have disappeared not long after, suggesting that while Ictidosuchoides survived the main extinction, the event still took its toll … Read more
In Depth Euchambersia would have been an unassuming little therocephalian therapsid were it not for one thing; it was possibly venomous. There are small recesses in the jaw behind each canine tooth, possibly to house venom glands. The canine teeth also have grooves running down their length in a similar way to what we can … Read more
In Depth When you look up the first true mammals in dinosaur books you almost certainly going to be presented with a picture and brief description of Megazostrodon. Modern analysis of Megazostrodon has it in a position that is almost fully mammal, yet not quite. True mammals begin with the triconodont group, something that the … Read more
In Depth Ecteninion is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the late Triassic. Ecteninion is also the type genus of the Ecteniniidae group of cynodonts which includes genera such as Diegocanis and the huge Trucidocynodon. Further Reading - A new carnivorous cynodont from the Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Argentina), with comments … Read more
In Depth Ctenospondylus was one of the larger sail-backed synapsids. So far only known from the central united states it is probable though thatCtenospondylus had a wider distribution, at least in North America, though the lack of known fossil bearing rock formations from the Permian is limited to just a few areas. Ctenospondylus is classed … Read more
In Depth As an anteosaur, Stenocybus is a genus of dinocephalian therapsid that lived in China during the mid-Permian era. Further Reading - A new genus of primitive dinocephalian. - Vertebrate PalAsiatica. 35: 35-43 - Z. Cheng & J. Li - 1997.
In Depth Tropidostoma is a genus of dicynodont therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Permian. Further Reading - Researches on the Structure, Organisation, and Classification of the Fossil Reptilia. - VI. On the Anomodont Reptilia and Their Allies. - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 180:215-296. - Harry Govier … Read more