Galechirus
Name:
Galechirus.
Phonetic: Gal-e-ky-russ.
Named By: Robert Broom - 1907.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Anomodontia.
Species: G. scholtzi
(type), G. whaitsi.
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: About 30 centimetres long.
Known locations: South Africa - Abrahamskraal
Formation.
Time period: Capitanian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Several individuals.
Usually identified as an anomodont, Galechirus has also been considered by some to possibly represent a dicynodont. In general appearance, Galechirus seems to have looked more like a regular lizard than your typical therapsid, which may indicate the Galechirus genus was a late surviving primitive form.
Further reading
- On Some New Fossil Reptiles from the Karroo Beds of Victoria West,
South Africa. - Transactions of the South African Philosophical
Society 18:31-42. - Robert Broom - 1907.
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