Pardosuchus

This article is about the South African therocephalian. For the Brazilian gracilisuchid, see Parvosuchus. For the Arizonan phytosaur, see Pravusuchus. For the German rhynchocephalian, see Parvosaurus.

Pardosuchus
Temporal range: Middle Permian
Skulls including that of the holotype (C-E)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: †Therocephalia
Family: †Scylacosauridae
Genus: †
Broom, 1908
Species:
†P. whaitsi
Binomial name
†Pardosuchus whaitsi
Broom, 1908
Synonyms[1]
Genus synonymy
  • Lycedops
    Broom, 1935
Species synonymy
  • Alopecodon rugosus
    Broom, 1908
  • Lycedops scholtzi
    Broom, 1935

Pardosuchus is an extinct genus of therocephalians known from the Permian of South Africa.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kammerer, Christian E. (2023). "Revision of the Scylacosauridae (Therapsida: Therocephalia)". Palaeontologia africana. 56: 51–87. ISSN 2410-4418.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Pardosuchus waitsi".


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