The new therocephalian, Caodeyao, is also from the late Permian of China, and is an unusual short-skulled form perhaps related to the enigmatic Russian Purlovia: https://t.co/DCc8lOUvqF https://t.co/rDOrI77CRk
The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 5. Caodeyao liuyufengi gen. et sp. nov., a new peculiar therocephalian (OA) - v @thePeerJ https://t.co/WXLGIuk7Cb
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New therocephalian (stem mammal group) from the late Permian (~255mya) of China, with a rather mean-looking set of gnashers. Paper from Liu and Abdala https://t.co/eadVl2MjIv