Lycideops

Name: Lycideops.
Phonetic: Ly-ce-de-ops.
Named By: Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1931.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Therocephalia,‭ ‬Lycideopidae.
Species: L.‭ ‬longiceps‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa.
Time period: Late Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Lycideops is a genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Late Permian.

Further reading
-‭ ‬The Oldest Therocephalians‭ (‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Eutheriodontia‭) ‬and the Early Diversification of Therapsida.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Palaeontology‭ ‬51‭ (‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬1011.‭ ‬-‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Abdala,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Rubidge‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Van Den Heever‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.
-‭ ‬Reassessment of the morphology and paleobiology of the therocephalian Tetracynodon darti‭ (‬Therapsida‭)‬,‭ ‬and the phylogenetic relationships of Baurioidea.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬32‭ (‬5‭)‬:‭ ‬1113.‭ ‬-‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Sigurdsen,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Huttenlocker,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Modesto,‭ ‬T.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Rowe‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬Damiani‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.

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