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Lycosuchus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Therapsida

Family
  
†Lycosuchidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
†Therocephalia

Genus
  
†Lycosuchus

Lycosuchus

Lycosuchus ("wolf crocodile") is an extinct carnivorous genus of therocephalian which lived in the Middle Permian 265—260 Ma existing for approximately 5 million years. It was a medium-sized predator, reaching 1.2 m (3.8 ft) in length with a skull 23 cm long.

Discovered in South Africa, it was named by paleontologist Robert Broom in 1903 and later assigned by him to Therocephalia.

References

Lycosuchus Wikipedia