In Depth
Lycaenodon has occasionally been considered to be a gorgonopsid, but modern analysis firmly places Lycaenodon as a biarmosuchian therapsid. Like others of its kind, Lycaenodon would have been a predator of other animals.
Lycaenodon should not be confused with the similarly named gorgonopsid Lycaenops that was also named By Robert Broom in 1925.
Further Reading
- The Naris and Palate of Lycaenodon longiceps (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia), with Comments on Their Early Evolution in the Therapsida. - Journal of Paleontology vol 77 no. 5 pp. 977-984 - Christian A. Sidor - 2003.- A New Burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Middle Permian of South Africa. – Journal of Paleontology. 80 (4): 740. – B. S. Rubidge, C. A. Sidor & S. P. Modesto – 2006.
