Ericiolacertidae
Ericiolacertidae is a family of therocephalian therapsids.[1] The family, living in the earliest Triassic after the Permian-Triassic extinction event, is subdivided into Ericiolacerta, fossils of which have been found in the Fremouw Formation of Antarctica and the Normandien Formation of South Africa and Silphedosuchus, whose fossils come from the Petropavlovka Formation of Russia, east of the Urals.[2] The family is composed of carnivores.[2]
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| An illustration of Silphedosuchus, a member of the Ericiolacertidae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Therocephalia |
| Clade: | †Scylacosauria |
| Clade: | †Eutherocephalia |
| Superfamily: | †Baurioidea |
| Family: | †Ericiolacertidae Watson and Romer 1956 |
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References
- "Ericiolacertidae". Wikidata. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- Ericiolacertidae at Fossilworks.org
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