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 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

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

References

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