Trochosaurus

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Trochosaurus
Fossil range: Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Therocephalia
Genus: Trochosaurus
Species
  • T. acutus

Trochosaurus is an extinct genus of mammal-like reptile. It belong to a synapsid suborder called therocephalia. Like them, and the mammals, it had a secondary palate.