Cyonosaurus

Cyonosaurus is a genus of gorgonopsian therapsids from the late Permian of South Africa. Some skulls have been reported from Early Triassic strata, but further investigation revealed that these reports were erroneous.^[1] Cyonosaurus was 0.6 to 1.1 metres (2 ft 0 in to 3 ft 7 in) in length, with a skull 9 to 18 centimetres (3+1⁄2 to 7 in) in length. The type species Cyonosaurus longiceps was named in 1937.^[2]

Cyonosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian
Life restoration of Cyonosaurus longiceps
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Gorgonopsia
Genus:	†Cyonosaurus Olsen, 1937
Species
†C. longiceps Olsen, 1937 (type) †C. rubidgei (Broom, 1937 [originally Cyniscops rubidgei]) †C. kitchingi (Broom, 1936 [originally Galerhynchus kitchingi]) †C. broomianus (von Huene, 1950 [originally Cyniscops broomianus]) †C. tenuirostris (Boonstra, 1953 [originally Tangagorgon tenuirostris])
Synonyms
Cyniscops Broom, 1937 Cyniscopoides Brink and Kitching, 1953 Tangagorgon Boonstra, 1953

Skull of Cyonosaurus longiceps in the Field Museum of Natural History.

See also

• Paleontology portal

• List of therapsids