Smilesaurus ferox Broom 1948 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae

Alternative combinations: Aelurognathus ferox, Arctops ferox

Synonyms: Pardocephalus wallacei Broom 1948, Smilesaurus maccabei Broom 1948

Full reference: R. Broom. 1948. A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Vertebrates of the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 61(2):577-629

Belongs to Smilesaurus according to C. F. Kammerer 2016

See also Broom 1948 and Sigogneau-Russell 1989

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Smilesaurus ferox: RC 62, a partial skeleton (A distorted skull and lower jaws with postcranial elements). Its type locality is Graaff-Reinet Commonage, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Middleton/Balfour Formation of South Africa.
  • Pardocephalus wallacei: RC 82, a partial skull (Incomplete skull, missing the dorsal surface and temporal region, and lower jaws). Its type locality is Dalham and Upper Dalham, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.
  • Smilesaurus maccabei: RC 81, a partial skull (skull, missing the right temporal region, and lower jaws). Its type locality is Riversdale, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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