In Depth
Lycosuchus was a genus of therocephalia therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Late Permian. Lycosuchus would have been an active predator of other vertebrates, and is particularly noted for having two enlarged canine teeth in each side of the upper jaw.
Further Reading
- On an almost perfect skull of a new primtiive theriodont (Lycosuchus vanderrieti). - Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society col14, issue 1 - R. Broom - 1903.
