Name
Doliosauriscus.
Phonetic
Do-le-oh-sore-us.
Named By
Classification
Chordata, Synapsida, Therapsida, Dinocephalia, Anteosauridae.
Diet
Carnivore.
Species
D. adamanteus, D. yanshinovi
Size
Skull 53 centimetres long. Total length about 3 to 4 meters long.
Known locations
Russia.
Time Period
Capitanian of the Permian.
Fossil representation
Several individuals including skulls and almost complete post cranial remains.
A close relative to the fearsome Anteosaurus from South Africa, Doliosauriscus would have been a key predator in Russia during the Permian.
- Les Dinocephales rapaces de la faune d’Ischeevo. - Trudy Paleontologischeskoso Instituta, Akademyia Nauk SSSR, v. 71, p. 1-114. - J. A. Orlov - 1958.
