Cyonosaurus

Cyonosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Life restoration of Cyonosaurus longiceps
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: †Gorgonopsia
Genus: †Cyonosaurus
Olsen, 1937
Species
  • †C. longiceps Olsen, 1937 (type)
  • †C. rubidgei (Broom, 1937 [originally Cyniscops rubidgei])
  • †C. kitchingi (Broom, 1936 [originally Galerhynchus kitchingi])
  • †C. broomianus (von Huene, 1950 [originally Cyniscops broomianus])
  • †C. tenuirostris (Boonstra, 1953 [originally Tangagorgon tenuirostris])
Synonyms
  • Cyniscops Broom, 1937
  • Cyniscopoides Brink and Kitching, 1953
  • Tangagorgon Boonstra, 1953

Cyonosaurus is a genus of gorgonopsian therapsids from the late Permian of South Africa. Some skulls have been reported from Early Triassic strata, but further investigation revealed that these reports were erroneous. Cyonosaurus was 0.6 to 1.1 metres (2 ft 0 in to 3 ft 7 in) in length, with a skull 9 to 18 centimetres (3+1⁄2 to 7 in) in length. The type species Cyonosaurus longiceps was named in 1937.

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