Anteosaurus is an extinct genus of large carnivorous dinocephalian synapsid. It lived at the end of the Guadalupian during the Capitanian age, about 262 to 260 million years ago, in what is now South
Iziko South African Museum in July, 2018 – 53 retouched
3D sculpted model of Anteosaurus in various views
Maxillary canal system
Holotype (BMNH R3595) skull roof of A. magnificus. In this specimen the postfrontal bosses are particularly massive. This skull was discovered near Beaufort West in the Western Cape Province.
Dinocephalia is a clade of generally large-bodied therapsids that flourished during Middle Permian between approximately 275 and 260 million years ago, but became extinct during the Capitanian mass ex
Anteosaurus
…Anteosaurus is an extinct genus of large carnivorous dinocephalian synapsid. It lived at the end of the Guadalupian (Middle Permian) during the Capitanian age, about 262 to 260 million years ago, in what is now South…