Charassognathus
Name:
Charassognathus.
Phonetic: Kah-rass-o-nay-fus.
Named By: J. Botha, F. Abdala & R.
M. H. Smith - 2007.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Cynodontia.
Species: C.
Diet: Carnivore?
Size: Skull about 5 centimetres long.
Known locations: South Africa - Teekloof
Formation.
Time period: Wuchiapingian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial skull, jaw and a
leg.
Charassognathus is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in South Africa during the late Permian.
Further reading
- The oldest cynodont: new clues on the origin and early
diversification of the Cynodontia. - Zoological Journal of the
Linnean Society 149(3):477-492. - J. Botha, F. Abdala
& R. M. H. Smith - 2007.
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