Name
Stenocybus.
Phonetic
Sten-o-sy-bus.
Named By
Classification
Chordata, Synapsida, Therapsida, Dinocephalia, Anteosauridae, Anteosaurinae.
Diet
Carnivore.
Species
S. yumenensis
Size
Skull roughly about 12 centimetres long.
Known locations
China - Xidagou Formation.
Time Period
Wordian/Capitanian of the Permian.
Fossil representation
Partial skull.
As an anteosaur, Stenocybus is a genus of dinocephalian therapsid that lived in China during the mid-Permian era.
- A new genus of primitive dinocephalian. - Vertebrate PalAsiatica. 35: 35-43 - Z. Cheng & J. Li - 1997.
