Ictidosuchus primaevus 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

Belongs to Ictidosuchus according to R. Broom 1913

Sister taxon: Ictidosuchus angusticeps

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pearston Area, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Middelton Formation of South Africa

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pearston Area

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