Cyonosaurus

Cyonosaurus
Cyonosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permiam
C. longiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Gorgonopsia
Family: Gorgonopsidae
Species:
  • C. broomianus
  • C. kitchingi
  • C. longiceps (1937)
  • C. rubidgei
  • C. tenuirostris
Skull of Cyonosaurus longiceps in the Field Museum of Natural History.

Cyonosaurus is a genus of the extinct suborder Gorgonopsia. There are five species in this genera: C. broomianus, C. kitchingi, C. longiceps (Olson 1937), C. rubidgei,, and C. tenuirostris. They lived in the late Permian period, with fossils discovered in South Africa. Cyonosaurus was 0.6 to 1.1 meters in length, with a skull 9 to 18 centimeters in length.

See also

Abyssal Brachiopod 00148.jpg Paleontology portal
  • List of therapsids

References

  • Vertebrate Palaeontology by Michael J. Benton
  • paleodb.org
  • Sigogneau D. 1970. Révision systématique des Gorgonopsiens sud-africains. Cahiers de Paléontologie: 417


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