Image: Cynognathus crateronotus

Cynognathus crateronotus

Cynognathus crateronotus. South Africa, Early-Middle Triassic, 250–240 million years ago. Fossils of Cynognathus, a mammal-like reptile (therapsid), have been recovered from South Africa, South America and Antarctica.
 

Illustrator:
Anne Musser
Rights:
© Australian Museum

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Tags Mesozoic, reconstruction, fossils, mammal-like reptile, therapsid, Early Triassic, Middle Triassic, Gondwanan, illustration,