Ictidosuchus Broom 1900 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Ictidosuchidae

Full reference: R. Broom. 1900. On a new theriodont reptile (Ictidosuchus primaevus) from the Karroo Beds, South Africa. Annals of the Magazine of Natural History 6:314-316

Parent taxon: Ictidosuchidae according to R. L. Carroll 1988

See also Broom 1913

Sister taxa: Ictidosuchops, Nanictidops, Scalopodontes

Subtaxa: Ictidosuchus angusticeps Ictidosuchus primaevus

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Type: Ictidosuchus primaevus

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pearston Area (Permian of South Africa)

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