Inostrancevia is an extinct genus of large carnivorous therapsids which lived during the Late Permian in what is now European Russia and Southern Africa. The first-known fossils of this gorgonopsian w
Inostrancevia alexandri MUSE
The mounted lectotype skeleton of I. alexandri (PIN 2005/1578)
Referred skull of I. alexandri
Canine tooth of I. alexandri (top) and Leogorgon klimovensis (bottom)
Therapsida is a major group of eupelycosaurian synapsids. It includes mammals, as well as their ancestors and close relatives. Many defining traits of modern mammals had their origins within early the
Inostrancevia
…Inostrancevia is an extinct genus of large carnivorous therapsids which lived during the Late Permian in what is now European Russia and Southern Africa. The first-known fossils of this gorgonopsian were discovered…
Holotype skull of Raranimus dashankouensis, the most basal-known therapsid
Restoration of Euchambersia with dicynodont prey. Note that this South African therocephalian is suspected to be the oldest-known venomous tetrapod.
Biarmosuchus, a biarmosuchian