Herpetoskylax
| Herpetoskylax Temporal range: Late Permian | |
|---|---|
| Herpetoskylax hopsoni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
| Genus: | †Herpetoskylax Sidor and Rubidge, 2006 |
| Species: | †H. hopsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Herpetoskylax hopsoni Sidor and Rubidge, 2006 | |
Herpetoskylax is an extinct genus of biarmosuchians which existed in South Africa. The type species is Herpetoskylax hopsoni. It lived in the Late Permian Period.
The genus name means ‘reptile-puppy’, from the Ancient Greek herpeto- (ἑρπετόν, ‘creeping animal’) and skylax (σκύλαξ, ‘young dog’). The juxtaposition of reptilian and mammalian names highlights the transitional characters of therapsids. The type specimen is CGP 1/67, a skull. The skull and lower jaw were the only components found.
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