Haptodus
Sign in to saveHaptodus is an extinct genus of basal sphenacodonts, a member of the clade that includes therapsids and hence, mammals. It was at least in length. It lived in present-day France during the Early Permian. It was a medium-sized predator, feeding on insects and small vertebrates.
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- Discovery and taxonomy
- ''Haptodus baylei''
- Other species
- Phylogeny
- References
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Haptodus is an extinct genus of basal sphenacodonts, a member of the clade that includes therapsids and hence, mammals. It was at least in length. It lived in present-day France during the Early Permian. It was a medium-sized predator, feeding on insects and small vertebrates.
==Discovery and taxonomy== ===Haptodus baylei=== Haptodus baylei, the type species of Haptodus, is known only from a single, badly preserved specimen hosted in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. It was collected at Les Télots, near Autun of France, from a terrestrial horizon dating to the Asselian stage of the Cisuralian series, about 299-296.4 million years old.