Choerosaurus (SciiFii)

Choerosaurus sciifii, also known as the bump-cheeked therocephalian, is a species of therocephalian therapsid that originally lived from the Late Permian of South Africa as an extinct species Choerosaurus dejageri, and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and now lives in Paleozoic Park located in Downey, California. Choerosaurus sciifii is similar in appearance to Scaloposuchus. In both Choerosaurus sciifii and Scaloposuchus, the back of the skull (called the occiput) is high and the canine teeth are thick and shortened. Choerosaurus also has teeth that are ankylothecodont, meaning that they are fused to the bone of the jaw and is not replaced when it is alive. Choerosaurus sciifii is a rather small animal, usually growing only to be around 1.2 feet (35 cm) long and weigh heavier than a house mouse. It is a carnivore that primarily preys on animals smaller than itself, although it can occasionally feed on animals slightly larger than itself at times. It is a solitary animal that lives in most of its life alone except during breeding seasons, when the males use their brightly-colored blue ornamentations on their heads to compete for the females, which lack the blue ornamentations of the males.
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