Herpetoskylax
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Herpetoskylax is an extinct genus of synapsid
biarmosuchian which existed in South Africa
. The type species is Herpetoskylax hopsoni. It lived in the Late Permian Period.
Synapsid
Synapsids are a group of animals that includes mammals and everything more closely related to mammals than to other living amniotes. They are easily separated from other amniotes by having an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each, accounting for their name...
biarmosuchian which existed in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. The type species is Herpetoskylax hopsoni. It lived in the Late Permian Period.