Trochosaurus
Name:
Trochosaurus.
Phonetic: Tro-ko-sore-us.
Named By: Haughton 1915.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Therocephalia, Trochosuchidae.
Species: T. acutus (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa.
Time period: Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Trochosaurus is a genus of trochosuchian therocephalian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Permian.
Further reading
- A revision of the reptiles of the Karroo. - Annals of the South African Museum 7(6):361-366. - R. Broom - 1913.
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