Name:
Zygosaurus
(Yoke lizard).
Phonetic: Zy-go-rhi-zah.
Named By: Eichwald - 1848.
Classification: Chordata, Amphibia,
Temnospondyli, Dissorophidae, Cacopinae.
Species: Z. lucius (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Skull estimated to be about 20cm long.
Known locations: Russia.
Time period: Roadian to the Wuchiapingian of the
Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
A relative of amphibians such as Platyhystrix and Cacops, Zygosaurus was a cacopine temnospondyl that lived in Russia during the Permian.
Further reading
- Uber die Saurier des kupferfhrenden Zechsteins Russlands. - Bulletin
de la Societe National Moscou (in Russian). 21: 136–204. - Eduard
Eichwals - 1848.