Anteosaurus

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Anteosaurus
Fossil range: Middle Permian
life restoration of Anteosaurus
life restoration of Anteosaurus
Conservation status
Prehistoric
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Infraorder: Titanosuchia
Family: Anteosauridae
Genus: Anteosaurus

Anteosaurus is the name given to an extinct genus of large carnivorous mammal-like reptile. It lived during the Capitanian epoch of the Middle Permian in what is now South Africa.


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