Lycosuchus


Lycosuchus is an extinct genus of carnivorous therocephalians which lived in the Middle Permian 265—260 Ma existing for approximately. It was a medium-sized predator, reaching 1.2 m 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.