- Moschorhinus
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Moschorhinus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Synapsida Order: Therapsida Suborder: †Therocephalia Family: †Euchambersiidae Subfamily: †Moschorhininae Genus: †Moschorhinus
Broom, 1920Species: M. kitchingi Binomial name Moschorhinus kitchingi
Broom, 1920Moschorhinus is an extinct genus of therocephalian. It was a carnivorous quadruped and lived in the Permian period. Described by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1920, its name is derived from the Ancient Greek words moschos "calf" and rhino- "nose".
Its short strong skull bore long straight canines and was up to lion-sized. It resembled the gorgonopsids, whose predatory role it appears to have replaced.[1]
Remains of Moschorhinus kitchingi have been found in the earliest Triassic beds in the Karoo basin, hence surviving the Permian-Triassic extinction event, but disappear soon afterwards.[2]
See also
- List of synapsids
References
- ^ van Valkenburgh B, Jenkins I (2002). "EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS IN THE HISTORY OF PERMO-TRIASSIC AND CENOZOIC SYNAPSID PREDATORS". Paelontological Society Papers 8: 267–88. http://www.yale.edu/ypmip/predation/Chapter_10.pdf.
- ^ Botha J, Smith RMH (2006). "Rapid vertebrate recuperation in the Karoo Basin of South Africa following the End-Permian extinction". Journal of African Earth Sciences 45 (4–5): 502–14. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.04.006. http://www.nasmus.co.za/PALAEO/jbotha/pdfs/Botha%20and%20Smith%202006.pdf.[dead link]
Eutherocephalia Akidnognathus · Annatherapsidus · Chthonosaurus · Euchambersia · Moschorhinus · Olivierosuchus · Promoschorhynchus ·HofmeyriidaeHofmeyria · Ictidostoma · MirotenthesWhaitsiidaeBaurioideaDongusaurus · RhigosaurusIctidosuchidaeRegisauridaeEriciolacertidaeBauriidaeBauriinaeRelated categories Categories:- Therocephalia
- Permian extinctions
- Therapsid stubs
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