Ericiolacertidae

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Ericiolacertidae
An illustration of Silphedosuchus, a member of the Ericiolacertidae
Scientific classification Edit this 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, 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]

References

  1. ^ "Ericiolacertidae". Wikidata. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  2. ^ a b Ericiolacertidae at Fossilworks.org