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Anteosaurus (meaning "Antaeus lizard") is an extinct genus of large carnivorous dinocephalian synapsid. It lived at the end of the Guadalupian (= Middle Permian) during the Capitanian age, about 265 to 260 million years ago in what is now South Africa. It is mainly known by cranial remains and few postcranial bones.
Olson (1962) notes that the Russian dinocephalian assemblages indicate environments tied to water, and Boonstra considered that the roughly contemporary Anteosaurus was a slinking crocodile-like semi-aquatic form. The long tail, weak limbs, and sprawling posture do indeed suggest some sort of crocodile-like existence.
Doliosauriscus. These are very specialized, very large anteosaurs.The postcanine teeth are further reduced. Deepening of the postorbital region of the skull (behind the eyes) produced a larger temporal opening, indicating more muscle mass.
Anteosauridae is an extinct family of large carnivorous dinocephalian therapsids that are known from the Middle Permian of Asia, Africa, and South America.These animals were by far the largest predators of the Permian period, with skulls reaching 80 cm in length in adult individuals, far larger than the biggest gorgonopsian.
I have updated the skeletal diagram and size chart for Bagaraatan. The original skeletal diagram had pronated hands and was very low resolution. The silhouette for the skeletal diagram and size diagram were modified from the Eotyrannus silhouette found here. Any changes needed? Paleocolour 08:24, 12 April 2018 (UTC) Looks better.
The best skull references I can find are and the two photos to the right. Body-wise, there's also a photo of a complete 7m skeleton in natural positioning (there is visual distortion here as it appears that the camera was angled from the skull area, so the tail regions should be larger than they appear). Size-wise, Bardet et al. (2015) puts the ...
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