Lycosuchidae
Lycosuchidae is an extinct family of therocephalian therapsids from the Middle Permian Beaufort Group of South Africa. It currently contains two monotypic genera, Lycosuchus, represented by L. vanderrieti, which was named by paleontologist Robert Broom in 1903, and Simorhinella, represented by S. baini, which was named by Broom in 1915. Both species are characterized by their large body sizes and short, deep snouts. Two sets of enlarged canine teeth were once regarded as a defining feature of lycosuchids, but recent studies have proposed that the front-most pair are replacements for the ones behind them, which would have eventually fallen out as individuals aged. Lycosuchids are the earliest known therocephalians and are also thought to be the most basal.
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Lycosuchidae
Lycosuchidae is an extinct family of therocephalian therapsids from the Middle Permian Beaufort Group of South Africa. It currently contains two monotypic genera, Lycosuchus, represented by L. vanderrieti, which was named by paleontologist Robert Broom in 1903, and Simorhinella, represented by S. baini, which was named by Broom in 1915. Both species are characterized by their large body sizes and short, deep snouts. Two sets of enlarged canine teeth were once regarded as a defining feature of lycosuchids, but recent studies have proposed that the front-most pair are replacements for the ones behind them, which would have eventually fallen out as individuals aged. Lycosuchids are the earliest known therocephalians and are also thought to be the most basal.
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Lycosuchidae is an extinct fam ...... thought to be the most basal.
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Lycosuchus ("lobo crocodilo") ...... Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
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Lycosuchus (gr. "cocodrilo-lob ...... Museum für Naturkunde, Berlín
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リコスクス (Lycosuchus) は、古生代ペルム紀後期に生息した単弓類の絶滅した属。単弓綱・獣弓目 - 獣歯類 - テロケファルス亜目に属する。
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狼鱷獸屬(學名:Lycosuchus)意為「狼的鱷魚」,是已 ...... 是種中型掠食動物,頭顱骨長23公分,身長估計可達1.2公尺。
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Middle Permian,
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Skull of Lycosuchus sp. in the Museum für Naturkunde
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Lycosuchidae is an extinct fam ...... thought to be the most basal.
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Lycosuchus ("lobo crocodilo") ...... Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
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Lycosuchus (gr. "cocodrilo-lob ...... Museum für Naturkunde, Berlín
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リコスクス (Lycosuchus) は、古生代ペルム紀後期に生息した単弓類の絶滅した属。単弓綱・獣弓目 - 獣歯類 - テロケファルス亜目に属する。
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狼鱷獸屬(學名:Lycosuchus)意為「狼的鱷魚」,是已 ...... 是種中型掠食動物,頭顱骨長23公分,身長估計可達1.2公尺。
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Lycosuchidae
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Lycosuchus
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Lycosuchus
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リコスクス
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狼鱷獸屬
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