Name:
Delectosaurus.
Phonetic: De-lek-to-sor-us.
Named By: A. A. Kurkin - 2001.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Anomodontia, Dicynodontia.
Species: D. arefjevi, D.
berezhanensis.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Russia - Vyazniki Assemblage
zone.
Time period: Capitanian/Wuchiapingian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial skulls altogether
representing two species.
Delectosaurus is a species of dicynodont that lived in Russia during the Permian.
Further reading
- New Late Permian dicynodonts from the Vyazniki Assemblage of
terrestrial tetrapods of Eastern Europe. - Paleontological Journal
35(1):53-59. - A. A. Kurkin - 2001.
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