Australosyodon is the South African version of the Russian Syodon. This medium size carnivore was one of the most primitive dinocephalians.
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Name
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Australosyodon nyaphuli
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Authority
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Rubidge, 1994
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Meaning of the generic name
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Southern "Syodon"
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Size
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Skull length: 26 cm , Length: ? 1.8 m
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Remains
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Holotype (NMQR 3152): Skull and mandible, left side well preserved, right side crushed.
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Age and Distribution
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Horizon: Eodycinodon-Tapinocaninus assemblage zone, base of beaufort group, Middle Permian (Wordian-Capitanian).
Type locality: Tuinkraal farm, Prince Albert Road, South Africa.
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Classification
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Synapsida Therapsida Dinocephalia Anteosauria Syodontidae
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Further Reading
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B. S. Rubidge. 1994. Australosyodon, the first primitive anteosaurid dinocephalian from the Upper Permian of Gondwana. Palaeontology 37(3):579-594.
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|  Life reconstruction of Australosyodon nyaphuli (© D. Bogdanov)  Skull reconstruction of Australosyodon nyaphuli. From Rubidge, 1994. |
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