In Depth Theriognathus represents a later group of therapsids that would survive into the Triassic. Although the name Theriognathus means mammal jaw, the lower jaw is actually made of several bones like in reptiles. Theriognathus was more suited to hunting smaller prey items in the undergrowth. Further Reading – On the genus Theriognathus Owen (including … Read more
In Depth Microgomphodon is one of the more common genera of therocephalian therapsids, and is also one of the last known to have survived. Further Reading - New Material of Microgomphodon oligocynus (Eutherapsida, Therocephalia) and the Taxonomy of Southern African Bauriidae”. Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida. - Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. - F. Abdala, … Read more
In Depth A close relative to the fearsome Anteosaurus from South Africa, Doliosauriscus would have been a key predator in Russia during the Permian. Further Reading - Les Dinocephales rapaces de la faune d’Ischeevo. - Trudy Paleontologischeskoso Instituta, Akademyia Nauk SSSR, v. 71, p. 1-114. - J. A. Orlov - 1958.
In Depth Trithelodon is a little known genus of cynodont. Further Reading Further reading- On a new type of cynodont from the Stormberg. – Annals of the South African Museum 7:334-336. – R. Broom – 1912.
In Depth Sludica was a procynosuchid cynodont that lived in Russia during the late Permian. Further Reading - Permian Cynodontia (Theromorpha) of Eastern Europe - M. F. Ivachnenko - 2012.
In Depth Diaelurodon is a little known genus of therapsid. Further Reading – On some New South African Permian Reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81(4):1073-1082. – Robert Broom – 1911.
In Depth Nitosaurus is a genus of pelycosaur that lived in North America during the late Carboniferous. Further Reading - New genera and species of pelycosaurian reptiles. - Proceedings of the New England Zo�logical Club 16:89-95. - A. S. Romer - 1937.
In Depth In the simplest terms, Ianthasaurus was a smaller and earlier relative to the famous Edaphosaurus, However with this said there were many differences. First and perhaps most obviously is that generally Ianthasaurus were not as advanced in their physical developments, not surprising given that Ianthasaurus appeared in the Carboniferous whereas Edaphosaurus appears in … Read more
In Depth Protuberum is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the Triassic. Further Reading - A new traversodontid cynodont (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Middle Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Palaeontology 52:229-250. - M. Reichel, C. L. Schultz & M. B. Soares - 2009. – The specific … Read more
In Depth Currently represented by a partial skull, Ulemica is a genus of anomodont therapsid that lived in Russia Permian. Further Reading - Primitive anomodonts, venyukoviids, from the Late Permian of Eastern Europe. - Paleontological Journal 30: 575–582. - M. F. Ivakhnenko - 1996.