Pardosuchus

This article is about the South African therocephalian. For the Brazilian gracilisuchid, see Parvosuchus. For the Arizonan phytosaur, see Pravusuchus. For the German rhynchocephalian, see Parvosaurus.

Pardosuchus is an extinct genus of therocephalians known from the Permian of South Africa.^[2]

Pardosuchus Temporal range: Middle Permian 265–259 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skulls including that of the holotype (C-E)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Therocephalia
Family:	†Scylacosauridae
Genus:	†Pardosuchus Broom, 1908
Species:	†P. whaitsi
Binomial name
†Pardosuchus whaitsi Broom, 1908
Synonyms[1]
Genus synonymy Lycedops Broom, 1935 Species synonymy Alopecodon rugosus Broom, 1908 Lycedops scholtzi Broom, 1935

References

1. Kammerer, Christian E. (2023). "Revision of the Scylacosauridae (Therapsida: Therocephalia)". Palaeontologia africana. 56: 51–87. ISSN 2410-4418.
2. "Fossilworks: Pardosuchus waitsi".