Cyonosaurus
Extinct genus of therapsids
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Cyonosaurus is a genus of gorgonopsian therapsids from the late Permian of South Africa. Some skulls have been reported from Early Triassic strata, but further investigation revealed that these reports were erroneous.[1] Cyonosaurus was 0.6 to 1.1 metres (2 ft 0 in to 3 ft 7 in) in length, with a skull 9 to 18 centimetres (3+1⁄2 to 7 in) in length. The type species Cyonosaurus longiceps was named in 1937.[2]
| Cyonosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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| Skull of C. longiceps in the Field Museum of Natural History. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Gorgonopsia |
| Genus: | †Cyonosaurus Olson, 1937 |
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