Ictidorhinus

Ik-te-o-dro-me-us.
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Maeve Foster

Paleoclimatologist

Maeve Foster explores the Earth's climatic past to understand the forces that shaped life on our planet. Her research into ancient climate events provides valuable context for current environmental challenges.

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Name

Ictidorhinus.

Phonetic

Ik-te-o-dro-me-us.

Named By

Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1913.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Biarmosuchia,‭ ‬Ictidorhinidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

I.‭ ‬martinsi‭

Size

Skull roughly‭ ‬10‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

South Africa,‭ ‬Beaufort group‭ ‬-‭ ‬Dicynodon Assemblage Zone.

Time Period

Late Permian.

Fossil representation

Partial skull,‭ ‬possibly of a juvenile.

In Depth

       Ictidorhinus is a genus of biarmosuchian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the late Permian.‭ ‬At the time of writing the genus is still only known by a single partial skull,‭ ‬that shows some juvenile characteristics such as a large orbit.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬On a nearly perfect skull of a new species of the gorgonopsia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Annals of the South African Museum,‭ ‬v.‭ ‬12,‭ ‬part‭ ‬1,‭ ‬p.‭ ‬8-10.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1913.

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