Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone
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The Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone is a tetrapod assemblage zone or biozone which correlates to the upper Adelaide and lower Tarkastad Subgroups of the Beaufort Group, a fossiliferous and geologically i
Lystrosaurus murrayi
Moschorhinus
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Moschorhinus is an extinct genus of therocephalian synapsid in the family Akidnognathidae with only one species: M. kitchingi, which has been found in the Late Permian to Early Triassic of the South A
Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone
…Myosaurus gracilis. Therocephalian species experienced a Lilliput Effect where only smaller species survived and thrived after the extinction event. Moschorhinus, for example, was one of the larger therocephalians to survive the initial extinction event, however, fossil occurrences of this species cease above…
Moschorhinus DB
Side view of the head, showing its canines and range of motion for the jaw
Life reconstruction of Moschorhinus feeding on a Lystrosaurus