Lophorhinus willodenensis

This recently named burnetiamorph is characterized by a small crest on its snout. It lived during the Late Permian of what is now South Africa.

Name

Lophorhinus willodenensis

Authority

Sidor and Smith, 2007

Meaning of generic name

Crested nose

Size

Skull length: 20 cm, Length: ? 1.5 m

Remains

Holotype (SAM-PK-K6655): anterior half of skull lacking lower jaws and most of palate.

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Middle of the Hoedemaker Member of the Teekloof Formation. Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone. Beaufort Group. Upper Permian (Wuchianpingian).

Type locality: Willodene farm, Beaufort West District, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Classification

Synapsida Therapsida Biarmosuchia Burnetiamorpha

Further Reading

C. A. Sidor and R. M. H. Smith. 2007. A Second Burnetiamorph Therapsid from the Permian Teekloof Formation of South Africa and its Associated Fauna. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):420-430.