Lemurosaurus

Lemurosaurus was a prehistoric animal that lived in South Africa about 260 million years ago.
It was not a dinosaur, but a therapsid, a group of mammal-like reptiles that were the ancestors of mammals.
Lemurosaurus had a distinctive skull with large eyes and prominent eye crests that gave it a demonic appearance.
The name Lemurosaurus means "ghost lizard" in Latin and Greek.
Lemurosaurus belonged to a subgroup of therapsids called biarmosuchians, which were among the earliest and most primitive therapsids.
Lemurosaurus was probably a carnivore that hunted smaller animals with its sharp teeth and strong jaws.
Only two skulls of Lemurosaurus have been found, so its body size and shape are unknown.
The skulls are also damaged and weathered, making it hard to study their details.
Lemurosaurus was one of the many diverse and bizarre therapsids that thrived before the rise of the dinosaurs.
Lemurosaurus is an example of how life on Earth has changed over time and how mammals evolved from reptilian ancestors.

Lemurosaurus is an extinct animal that lived in the Late Permian period.
It was a type of therapsid, a group of mammal-like reptiles.
Lemurosaurus was only found in South Africa.
Lemurosaurus was first described by Robert Broom in 1949, based on a single crushed skull.
Later, in 1974, a second and more complete skull was found by a team from the National Museum, Bloemfontein.

Lemurosaurus was a genus of extinct biarmosuchian therapsids that lived in the Late Permian period in South Africa.

It had a small skull, about 10 cm long, with prominent eye crests and large eyes.

The size and shape of the body is unknown as only two skulls have been found so far.

Its name means "ghost lizard" in Latin and Greek.