Vaughnictis

Vaughnictis is an extinct genus of synapsid from the Early Permian of Colorado in the family Eothyrididae. It was originally assigned to the genus Mycterosaurus before it was assigned to the new genus Vaughnictis. It is known from a partial skull, hindlimb, and a few ribs. It is closely related to Eothyris.^[1]

Vaughnictis Temporal range: Early Permian
Skull of holotype
Life Restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	†Caseasauria
Family:	†Eothyrididae
Genus:	†Vaughnictis Brocklehurst et al., 2016
Species:	†V. smithae
Binomial name
†Vaughnictis smithae (Lewis & Vaughn, 1965)