Doliosauriscus

Doliosauriscus is an extinct genus of dinocephalian therapsids that lived in Russia during the mid-Permian Period. It was a large carnivore, its skull measuring 53 centimeters long. Doliosauriscus probably reached a length up to 4 m (13 ft).[1]

Reconstruction of a Doliosauriscus yanshinovi

Doliosauriscus
Temporal range: Middle Permian
Doliosauriscus with prey, an Ulemosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Family: Anteosauridae
Clade: Anteosaurini
Genus: Doliosauriscus
Kuhn, 1961
Species

Doliosauriscus yanshinovi
(Orlov, 1958)
Doliosauriscus adamanteus
(Orlov 1958)

See also

References

  1. "The Anteosauridae: into (or out of) Africa". Archived from the original on 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2008-04-22.


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