| Ericiolacerta Temporal range: Early Triassic |
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| Ericiolacerta parva | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Therocephalia |
| Family: | Ericolacertidae |
| Genus: | Ericiolacerta |
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Ericiolacerta was a small therocephalian therapsid from the early Triassic of South Africa and Antarctica.[1] It was around 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length, with long limbs and relatively small teeth. It was probably fairly active, and ate insects and other small invertebrates.[2]
The fossils suggest that it was an arboreal/terrestrial carnivore, which possibly hunted in packs.
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