Lycosuchus vanderrieti Broom 1903 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Lycosuchidae

Full reference: R. Broom. 1903. On an almost perfect skull of a new primitive theriodont (Lycosuchus vanderrieti). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 14(2):197-205

Belongs to Lycosuchus according to R. Broom 1913

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Groot Vlakte, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Groot Vlakte

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