Lycedops Broom 1936 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae

Full reference: R. Broom. 1936. On the structure of the skull in the mammal-like reptiles of the suborder Therocephalia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences Sciences 226(529):1-42

Parent taxon: Pristerognathinae according to L. D. Boonstra 1969

See also Broom 1936

Sister taxa: Alepognathus, Cynariognathus, Hyorhynchus platyceps, Pristerognathoides, Pristerognathus, Pristerognathus baini, Pristerognathus polyodon, Therioides

Subtaxa: Lycedops scholtzi

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert (Permian of South Africa)

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