Ictidorhinus martinsi

Ictidorhinus is known from a small incomplete skull from the Late Permian of South Africa. The skull shows large orbits indicating that it might belong to a juvenile individual.

Name

Ictidorhinus martinsi

Authority

Broom, 1913

Size

Skull length: 10 cm, Length: ? 0.5 m

Remains

Hypodigm (AMNH 5526): skull lacking lower jaws.

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Dicynodon assemblage zone, Balfour formation, Beaufort Group, Upper Permian (Wuchianpingian-Changhsingian).

Type locality: South Africa.

Classification

Synapsida Therapsida Biarmosuchia Ictidorhinidae

Further Reading

Broom, R., 1913, On a nearly perfect skull of a new species of the gorgonopsia: Annals of the South African Museum, v. 12, part 1, p. 8-10.