Cryptovenator

Cryptovenator (Crypto, from Greek kryptos (hidden, secret); venator, from Latin (hunter)) is an extinct genus of sphenacodontid "pelycosaurs" which existed in Germany during the latest Carboniferous (late Gzhelian age, 300 Ma ± 2.4 Ma). It is known from the holotype LFN−PW 2008/5599−LS, an anterior right mandible fragment, recovered from a dark, fine grained sandstone of the middle Remigiusberg Formation. It was first named by Jörg Fröbisch, Rainer R. Schoch, Johannes Müller, Thomas Schindler and Dieter Schweiss in 2011 and the type species is Cryptovenator hirschbergeri.^[1]

Cryptovenator Temporal range: Latest Carboniferous, 300 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Family:	†Sphenacodontidae
Subfamily:	†Sphenacodontinae
Genus:	†Cryptovenator Fröbisch et al., 2011
Type species
†Cryptovenator hirschbergeri Fröbisch et al., 2011

Restoration

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Fröbisch et al., 2011:^[1]

	Edaphosauridae Sphenacodontia Haptodus garnettensis Palaeohatteria longicaudata Pantelosaurus saxonicus Ianthodon schultzei Cutleria wilmarthi Sphenacodontoidea Therapsida Sphenacodontidae Secodontosaurus obtusidens Cryptovenator hirschbergeri Sphenacodon Ctenospondylus Dimetrodon

See also

• Paleontology portal

• List of pelycosaurs

References

1. Jörg Fröbisch; Rainer R. Schoch; Johannes Müller; Thomas Schindler; Dieter Schweiss (2011). "A new basal sphenacodontid synapsid from the Late Carboniferous of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (1): 113–120. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0039.