In Depth Kamagorgon is still only known by a partial skull, which is noted as having a short snout and greatly enlarged canine teeth. Initially the skull was thought to be that of a biarmosuchian (a creature similar to Biarmosuchus), but more recent thinking is that it may be that of a gorgonopsid. Further Reading … Read more
In Depth Thliptosaurus is a genus of dicynodont that lived in Africa during the late Permian. The skull of Thliptosaurus lacked teeth and also seems to have lacked the large tusks that are typical in many other dicynodont genera. Further Reading - A new dicynodont (Anomodontia: Emydopoidea) from the terminal Permian of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. … Read more
In Depth Nuurtherium is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in Asia during the Late Jurassic. Further Reading - Two New Tritylodontids (Synapsida, Cynodontia, Mammaliamorpha) from the Upper Jurassic, Southwestern Mongolia. - American Museum Novitates 3874:1-35. - P. M. Velazco, A. J. Buczek & M. J. Novacek - 2017.
In Depth Kalaallitkigun is a genus of cynodont that lived in Greenland during the Triassic. At the time of its description Kalaallitkigun is known only from a partial lower jaw bone and a premolar and molar tooth. The teeth structure of the molar suggests that Kalaallitkigun was intermediate in its development lying somewhere between more … Read more
In Depth Siriusgnathus is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the Late Triassic. Further Reading - A new Upper Triassic cynodont-bearing fossiliferous site from southern Brazil, with taphonomic remarks and description of a new traversodontid taxon. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 88:179-196. - A. E. B. Pavanatto, F. A. Pretto, … Read more
In Depth Scalenodon is a genus of cynodont that lived during the mid Triassic. Further Reading - On some Triassic cynodonts from Tanganyika. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 125:617-669. - A. W. Crompton - 1955. - Cynodonts of Gondwanan habit in the Middle Triassic of the USSR. - Paleontological Journal. 2: 200–205. - … Read more
In Depth Caodeyao is a genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in Asia during the late Permian. Like other therocephalians, the jaw structure and teeth of Caodeyao strongly suggest that it would have been a predator, perhaps attacking other small to medium sized therapsids. Further reading - The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou … Read more
In Depth Counillonia is a genus of dicynodont therapsid that lived in Asia approximately about the time of the Late Permian to early Triassic. This would make the Counillonia genus a survivor of the Late Permian extinction, possibly the biggest mass extinction in the planets history. Counillonia is not the only dicynodont genus to have … Read more
In Depth Repelinosaurus is a genus of dicynodont that lived in Asia during the early Triassic. Described from two skulls, Repelinosaurus is noted for having a very short snout when compared to other kannemeyeriiform dicynodonts. The snout on Repelinosaurus skulls also shows a rugose (bumpy) series of growths. This might suggest that aside from a … Read more
In Depth A tooth taxon, Dobunnodon was originally named as a species of Borealestes. Dobunnodon was a docodont cynodontid therapsid that lived in England during the Jurassic. Further reading - New species of mammaliaform and the cranium of Borealestes (Mammaliformes: Docodonta) from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles. - Zoological Journal of the Linnean … Read more