Ericiolacerta

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

Ericiolacerta was a small therocephalian therapsid from the early Triassic of South Africa. It was around 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length, with long limbs and relatively small teeth. It probably ate insects and other small invertebrates.[1]

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