Trochosaurus acutus Broom (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Lycosuchidae

Belongs to Trochosaurus according to R. Broom 1913

Sister taxa: Trochosaurus dirus, Trochosaurus intermedius, Trochosaurus major

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rietfontein, which is in a Capitanian dry floodplain mudstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rietfontein

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