Name
Archaeosyodon (Ancient Syodon).
Phonetic
Ar-kay-o-sy-o-don.
Named By
P. K. Tchudinov - 1960.
Classification
Chordata, Therapsida, Dinocephalia, Anteosauridae.
Diet
Carnivore.
Species
A. praeventor
Size
Skull 30 centimetres long. Body estimated between 1.5 and 2 meters long.
Known locations
Russia, Perm.
Time Period
Wordian of the Permian.
Fossil representation
Partial skull (PIN 1758/3).
So far Archaeosyodon is only known by an incomplete skull, but it is still enough to clearly identify this as a dinocephalian therapsid. As such, Archaeosyodon would have been a predator of other therapsids and possibly other kinds of vertebrates during the Permian.
- Upper Permian therapsids of the Ezhovo locality, P. K. Tchudinov - 1960.
