Image: Smilesaurus skull
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Description: This skull (BP/1/4409) belongs to the carnivorous gorgonopsian ("terrible eye") therapsid Smilesaurus ferox which lived 255-million years ago. This fossil was collected near Pearston in the Eastern Cape. Gorgonopsians were the lions of their time. They probably held their prey down with their powerful forelimbs, then disemboweled them with their long, canine teeth.
Title: Smilesaurus skull
Credit: Gorgonopsian Uploaded by FunkMonk
Author: Cradle of Humankind
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