Bauria

Name: Bauria.
Phonetic: Bow-re-ah.
Named By: Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1909.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Therocephalia,‭ ‬Bauriidae,‭ ‬Bauriinae.
Species: B.‭ ‬cynops‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬robusta.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa‭ ‬-‭ ‬Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.
Time period: Anisian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial remains of several individuals.

       Bauria is a genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new large bauriamorph from the Cynognathus-zone of South Africa.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Palaeontologia africana‭ ‬9:123-127.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Brink‭ ‬-‭ ‬1965.



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