Lycaenops

Lycaenops ("wolf-face") is a genus of carnivorous therapsids. It lived during the Middle Permian to the early Late Permian, about 260 mya, in what is now South Africa.

==Description== thumb|left|Reconstruction of L. ornatus thumb|Life restoration with dicynodont prey and speculative hair Like the modern-day wolves from which it took its name, Lycaenops had a long and slender skull, with dog-like fangs set into its upper and lower jaws. These pointed canine teeth were ideal for stabbing and/or tearing at the flesh of any large prey that it came upon. Lycaenops most likely hunted small vertebrates such as reptiles and dicynodonts.