Cynosaurus
Name:
Cynosaurus.
Phonetic: Sy-no-sore-us.
Named By: Schmidt - 1927.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Cynodontia, Epicynodontia, Galesauridae.
Species: C. suppostus (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa - Teekloof
Formation.
Time period: Capitanian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Cynosaurus is a genus of therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Late Permian, and is perceived to have been similar to Galesaurus. Cynosaurus should not be confused with the genus Cyonosaurus.
Further reading
- Cranial morphology and phylogenetic analyses of Cynosaurus
suppostus
(Therapsida, Cynodontia) from the upper Permian of the Karoo Basin,
South Africa. - Palaeontologia africana. 52:201-221. - M. J. Van den
Brandt & F. Adbala - 2018.
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