Lycosuchus
Lycosuchus ("wolf crocodile") is an extinct carnivorous genus of therocephalian which lived in the Middle Permian 265—260 Ma existing for approximately 5 million years. It was a medium-sized predator, reaching 1.2 m (3.8 ft) in length with a skull 23 cm long. Discovered in South Africa, it was named by paleontologist Robert Broom in 1903 and later assigned by him to Therocephalia.
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Lycosuchus
Lycosuchus ("wolf crocodile") is an extinct carnivorous genus of therocephalian which lived in the Middle Permian 265—260 Ma existing for approximately 5 million years. It was a medium-sized predator, reaching 1.2 m (3.8 ft) in length with a skull 23 cm long. Discovered in South Africa, it was named by paleontologist Robert Broom in 1903 and later assigned by him to Therocephalia.
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Lycosuchus ("wolf crocodile") ...... igned by him to Therocephalia.
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Middle Permian,
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Lycosuchus sp. skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
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* L. mackayi
* L. vanderrieti
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Lycosuchus ("wolf crocodile") ...... igned by him to Therocephalia.
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Lycosuchus
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