page_title: Sinophoneus
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Sinophoneus / Description
caption_attribution_description: Stenocybus, my own work, dmitrchel@mail.ru
context_page_description: Sinophoneus is an extinct genus of dinocephalian therapsids in the family Anteosauridae. A single fossilized skull has been found from the Middle Permian Xidagou Formation of China.
context_section_description: Sinophoneus is characterized by a wide snout and by a ridge that runs along the midline of the skull between the eye sockets. The anteosaur Stenocybus acidentatus has also been named from the Xidagou Formation on the basis of a skull (IGCAGS V 361) and fragmentary jaw bones, but likely represents a juvenile form of Sinophoneus. Juvenile features include its smaller size, larger eye sockets and taller skull. Both GMV 1601 and IGCAGS V 361 have large rounded snouts, distinguishing them from most other anteosaurs and suggesting that they are closely related.
caption: Restoration of Sinophoneus based on IGCAGS V 361, originally classified as Stenocybus acidentatus
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