Pantylus_cordatus

<i>Pantylus</i>

Pantylus

Extinct genus of tetrapods

Pantylus (from Greek: παν pan, 'all' and Greek: τύλος tylos, 'knob')[1] is an extinct microsaurian tetrapod from the Permian period of North America.

Pantylus cordatus

Quick Facts Pantylus Temporal range: Early Permian, Scientific classification ...

Pantylus was probably a largely terrestrial animal, judging from its well-built legs. It was about 25 centimetres (10 in) long, and resembled a lizard with a large skull and short limbs. It had numerous blunt teeth, and probably chased after invertebrate prey.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Miller, S. A. (Samuel Almond) (1877). The American Palaeozoic fossils : a catalogue of the genera and species, with names of authors, dates, places of publication, groups of rock in which found, and the etymology and signification of the words, and an introduction devoted to the stratigraphical geology of the Palæozoic rocks. Cincinnati, Ohio : The author. p. 324.
  2. [2]
    Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 55. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.


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