Cistecephalus
Cistecephalus was a mole-sized therapsid that lived in South Africa during the late Permian period, 255 million years ago. It was a small burrowing dicynodont that probably lived like a mole and, unlike other dicynodonts which were herbivores, Cistecephalus ate insects. It also one of the few therapsids to lend its name to an entire geological formation, the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone in South Africa's Karoo Basin, which has yielded countless fossils of mammal-like reptiles.
| Species: Cistecephalus microrhinus |
| Name: "Box Head" |
| Habitat: Woodlands of southern Africa |
| Home Era: Late Permian |
| Size & Weight: 13 in. long & a few pounds |
| Diet: Insects |
| Friends: Diictodon |
| Enemies: Gorgonopsids, therocephalians, dinocephalians |
| Creature Type: Dicynodont Therapsid Synapsid |
| Danger Factor(1-10): 1 |
| Named by: Richard Owen in 1876 |
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Appearances: Episode 1.1, 1.2, 1.4 |
| Deaths Caused: 0 |
| Number: 1 |
| Returned to Era: No; is kept by Ginger |
In PnF Primeval[]
Along with two Diictodons, a Cistecephalus ventured through an anomaly in the Danville forest in episode 1.1. Ginger named the burrower Molely and he along with the Diictodons, Sid and Nancy, are living with her at the time being.
