Biology:Ericiolacertidae
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Short description: Extinct family of therapsids
| Ericiolacertidae Temporal range: Early Triassic
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| An illustration of Silphedosuchus, a member of the Ericiolacertidae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Therocephalia |
| Clade: | †Scylacosauria |
| Clade: | †Eutherocephalia |
| Superfamily: | †Baurioidea |
| Family: | †Ericiolacertidae Watson and Romer 1956 |
| Genera | |
Ericiolacertidae is a family of therocephalian therapsids.[1] The family living in the earliest Triassic after the Permian-Triassic extinction event. Genera are: Ericiolacerta found in the Fremouw Formation of Antarctica and the Normandien Formation of South Africa , Pedaeosaurus found in the Fremouw Formation of Antarctica and Silphedosuchus, from the Petropavlovka Formation of Russia , east of the Urals.[2] The family is composed of carnivores.[2]
References
- ↑ "Ericiolacertidae" (in en). Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18619398.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ericiolacertidae at Fossilworks.org
Wikidata ☰ Q18619398 entry
