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STENOCYBUS
(sten-o-sy-bus)
Stenocybus
Named By: Z. Cheng & J. Li in 1997
Time Period: Middle Permian, 270 Ma
Location: China - Xidagou Formation
Size: Skull roughly about 12 centimetres long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull
Classification: | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Dinocephalia | Anteosauridae | Anteosaurinae |
Also known as: | Stenocybus acidentatus |
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Sinophoneus is an extinct genus of dinocephalian therapsid in the family Anteosauridae. A single fossilized skull (GMV 1601) has been found from the Middle Permian Xidagou Formation of China.

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