Australosyodon nyaphuli

Australosyodon is the South African version of the Russian Syodon. This medium size carnivore was one of the most primitive dinocephalians.

Name

Australosyodon nyaphuli

Authority

Rubidge, 1994

Meaning of generic name

Southern "Syodon"

Size

Skull length: 26 cm , Length: ? 1.8 m

Remains

Holotype (NMQR 3152): Skull and mandible, left side well preserved, right side crushed.

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Eodycinodon-Tapinocaninus assemblage zone, base of beaufort group, Middle Permian (Wordian-Capitanian).

Type locality: Tuinkraal farm, Prince Albert Road, South Africa.

Classification

Synapsida Therapsida Dinocephalia Anteosauria Syodontidae

Further Reading

B. S. Rubidge. 1994. Australosyodon, the first primitive anteosaurid dinocephalian from the Upper Permian of Gondwana. Palaeontology 37(3):579-594.