Glanosuchus
Glanosuchus is a genus of scylacosaurid therocephalian from the Late Permian of South Africa. The type species G. macrops was named by Robert Broom in 1904. Glanosuchus had a middle ear structure that was intermediate between that of early therapsids and mammals. Ridges in the nasal cavity of Glanosuchus suggest it had an at least partially endothermic metabolism similar to modern mammals.
Glanosuchus Temporal range: | |
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Skulls in side view, including that of the holotype (A-B) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | †Therocephalia |
Family: | †Scylacosauridae |
Genus: | †Glanosuchus Broom, 1904 |
Species: | †G. macrops |
Binomial name | |
†Glanosuchus macrops Broom, 1904 | |
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