Cynognathus

Cynognathus is a therapsid that was the size of a wolf. This predator lived on open plains during the early to middle Triassic period, roughly 230-245 million years ago. It was probably warm-blooded, and females may have given birth to live young. Fossils have been found in South Africa and Argentina with four other creatures of the time: Lystrosaurus, Proterosuchus, Euparkeria and Erythrosuchus.

Cynognathus Temporal range: Triassic
Cynognathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Synapsida
Order:	Therapsida
Suborder:	Cynodontia
Family:	Cynognathidae
Genus:	Cynognathus
Binomial name
Cynognathus crateronotus Seeley, 1895