Caodeyao

Cow-de-yow.

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Name

Caodeyao ‭(‬named after the village of Caodeyao‭)‬.

Phonetic

Cow-de-yow.

Named By

J.‭ ‬Liu‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬Abdala‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Therocephalia,‭ ‬Eutherocephalia.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

C.‭ ‬liuyufengi‭

Size

Holotype skull roughly about‭ ‬13.6‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Naobaogou Formation.

Time Period

Late Permian.

Fossil representation

Partial skull,‭ ‬mandible and partial humerus.

In Depth

Caodeyao is a genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in Asia during the late Permian.‭ ‬Like other therocephalians,‭ ‬the jaw structure and teeth of Caodeyao strongly suggest that it would have been a predator,‭ ‬perhaps attacking other small to medium sized therapsids.

Further reading

-‭ ‬The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China:‭ ‬5.‭ ‬Caodeyao liuyufengi gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.,‭ ‬a new peculiar therocephalian.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PeerJ.‭ ‬8:‭ ‬e9160.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Liu‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬Abdala‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.