*SPECIAL NOTE* - Galesuchus has now been found to be a synonym to Eriphostoma. This page remains online for archive purposes.
Galesuchus
Name:
Galesuchus.
Phonetic: Gal-e-su-kus.
Named By: Sidney H. Haughton - 1915.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Gorgonopsidae.
Species: G. gracilis (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Detail unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa.
Time period: Mid Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
Known from only a partial skull, Galesuchus has in the past been considered to be a dubious genus of gorgonopsid.
Further reading
- Phylogeny and evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a special reference
to the skull and skeleton of GPIT / IR / 7113 (Aelurognathus
parringtoni?). - Eberhard Karls University of T�bingen. - Eva
Gebauer - 2009.
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