Eosimops
Sign in to saveEosimops is an extinct genus of pylaecephalid dicynodonts. They were small synapsids superficially resembling modern mammals. Eosimops is known from several skull specimens, as well as one complete skeleton. Eosimops lived during the Middle Permian of South Africa.
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Eosimops is an extinct genus of pylaecephalid dicynodonts. They were small synapsids superficially resembling modern mammals. Eosimops is known from several skull specimens, as well as one complete skeleton. Eosimops lived during the Middle Permian of South Africa.
== Etymology == Eosimops was named in by South African paleontologist Robert Broom. Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek Ēṓs ("dawn") and ópsis ("appearance").
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