Name
Delectosaurus.
Phonetic
De-lek-to-sor-us.
Named By
A. A. Kurkin - 2001.
Classification
Chordata, Synapsida, Therapsida, Anomodontia, Dicynodontia.
Diet
Herbivore.
Species
D. arefjevi, D. berezhanensis
Size
Unavailable.
Known locations
Russia - Vyazniki Assemblage zone.
Time Period
Capitanian/Wuchiapingian of the Permian.
Fossil representation
Partial skulls altogether representing two species.
Delectosaurus is a species of dicynodont that lived in Russia during the Permian.
- New Late Permian dicynodonts from the Vyazniki Assemblage of terrestrial tetrapods of Eastern Europe. - Paleontological Journal 35(1):53-59. - A. A. Kurkin - 2001.
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