Friday 22 November 2013

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.

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