In Depth Delectosaurus is a species of dicynodont that lived in Russia during the Permian. Further Reading - New Late Permian dicynodonts from the Vyazniki Assemblage of terrestrial tetrapods of Eastern Europe. - Paleontological Journal 35(1):53-59. - A. A. Kurkin - 2001.
In Depth Neotrirachodon is listed as a genus of gomphodont, cynodont therapsid that lived in Russia during the Permian. If this analysis is correct then Neotrirachodon is the first gomphosont cynodont to be discovered in Russia. Neotrirachodon was originally described as a species of Antecosuchus, and at times the genus has been considered by some … Read more
In Depth Cistecephalus could be dubbed the mole of the Permian. The small body was very stout with short limbs which sprawled out to the sides, not great for speed but very good at gripping the sides of a tunnel for traction. The forelimbs in particular show support for very powerful muscles, and were probably … Read more
In Depth Charruodon is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the Triassic. Further Reading - A new therioherpetid cynodont from the Santa Maria Formation (middle Late Triassic), southern Brazil. - Geodiversitas 22 (4). - F. Abdala & A. M. Ribeiro - 2000.
In Depth As a cynodont Thrinaxodon was the result of the on-going evolution of mammal like reptiles that had can be traced all the way back to the early synapsids. Thrinaxodon however displays numerous features that place it much closer to mammals than its reptile origin would imply. The first and most evolutionary significant feature … Read more
In Depth Prosictodon is a genus of dicynodont that lived in South Africa during the Middle Permian. Further Reading - A new pylaecephalid dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Karoo Basin, Middle Permian of South Africa. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (5): 1396–1409. - Kenneth D. Angielczyk & Bruce S. Rubidge - … Read more
In Depth If Trucidocynodon could be notable for just one thing it would be size. At over a meter in length Trucidocynodon was positively huge for a cynodont as most of its relatives were rarely more than about half a meter. The large size growth of Trucidocynodon may have been a result of continuing divergence … Read more
In Depth The cynodonts are known to come in a variety of sizes, but at up to two meters in length, Diademodon is easily amongst the largest known cynodonts. Like other cynodonts, Diademodon may have been an omnivore eating both certain parts of plants as well as other animals and carrion. Diademodon lived during the … Read more
In Depth Trirachodon is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in Africa during the mid Triassic. Trirachodon are known to have lived in burrows, and studies of the burrow structure as well as the discovery of up to twenty individual Trirachodon in the same burrow system show us that Trirachodon most probably lived in … Read more
In Depth Scylacorhinus is a genus of scylacosaurid therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Permian. Further Reading - Catalogue of types and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the American Museum of Natural History. II.–Permian, Triassic and Jurassic reptiles of South Africa. - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 25(2):105-164. - … Read more