Name:
Palemydops.
Phonetic: Pa-lem-e-drops.
Named By: Robert Broom - 1921.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Anomodontia.
Species: P. platysoma
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa.
Time period: Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Palemydops is a genus of anomodont therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Permian.
Further reading
- On some new genera and species of anomodont reptiles from the
Karroo beds of South Africa. - Proceedings of the Zoological
Society of London 647-674. - Robert Broom - 1921.