| Ericiolacertidae Temporal range: Early Triassic | |
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| An illustration of Silphedosuchus , a member of the Ericiolacertidae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | † Therocephalia |
| Clade: | † Scylacosauria |
| Clade: | † Eutherocephalia |
| Superfamily: | † Baurioidea |
| Family: | † Ericiolacertidae Watson and Romer 1956 |
| Genera | |
Ericiolacertidae is a family of therocephalian therapsids. [1] The family living in the earliest Triassic after the Permian-Triassic extinction event. Genera are: Ericiolacerta found in the Fremouw Formation of Antarctica and the Normandien Formation of South Africa, Pedaeosaurus found in the Fremouw Formation of Antarctica and Silphedosuchus , from the Petropavlovka Formation of Russia, east of the Urals. [2] The family is composed of carnivores. [2]
