Glanosuchus macrops

This is the earliest known therocephalian. This predator had a wolf-like appearance.

Name

Glanosuchus macrops

Authority

Broom, 1904

Size

Skull length: ,Length: 1.8 m

[It is known from the skull and part of another, but it is the deducted total length that is given!]

Remains

Holotype (GS M 796): partial skull

Referred specimen: NM QR 2908 (snout)

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Eodicynodon Assemblage zone, base of the Beaufort Group, Middle Permian (Wordian)

Type locality: Knoflok's Fontein, near Van der Byl's Kraal, and farm Modderdrift, near Prince Albert, western Cape Province, South Africa.

Classification

Synapsida Therapsida Therocephalia

Further Reading

Broom, R, 1904. On two new Therocephalian Reptiles (Glanosuchus maerops and Pristerognathus baini): Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, v. 15, p. 85-88.