Ericiolacerta

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Ericiolacerta
Fossil range: Early Triassic
Ericiolacerta parva
Ericiolacerta parva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Therocephalia
Family: Ericolacertidae
Genus: Ericiolacerta
Species
  • E. parva

Ericiolacerta was a small 20 centimeter (8 in) therocephalian therapsid from the early Triassic of South Africa. The fossils suggest that it was a small, arboreal/terrestrial carnivore which possibly hunted in packs.