Elliotsmithia

El-le-ot-smif-e-ah.
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Name

Elliotsmithia.

Phonetic

El-le-ot-smif-e-ah.

Named By

Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1937.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Eupelycosauria,‭ ‬Varanopidae, Varanodontinae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

E.‭ ‬longiceps‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

South Africa‭ ‬-‭ ‬Abrahamskraal Formation.

Time Period

Capitanian of the Permian.

Fossil representation

Partial skull.

In Depth

       Elliotsmithia is a little known genus of pelycosaur that was initially described from the study of a partial skull.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A further contribution to our knowledge of the fossil reptiles of the Karroo.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London‭ ‬107‭(‬3‭)‬:299-318.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1937. -‭ ‬Anatomy and relationships of Elliotsmithia longiceps Broom,‭ ‬a small synapsid‭ (‬Eupelycosauria:‭ ‬Varanopseidae‭) ‬from the Late Permian of South Africa.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬18‭ (‬3‭)‬:‭ ‬602‭–‬611.‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Reisz,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Dilkes‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Berman‭ ‬-‭ ‬1998. – Anatomy and relationships of Elliotsmithia longiceps Broom, a small synapsid (Eupelycosauria: Varanopseidae) from the Late Permian of South Africa. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (3): 602–611. – R. R. Reisz, D. W. Dilkes & D. S. Berman – 2010.

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