# Pantylus

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***Pantylus*** (from Greek: παν *pan*, 'all' and Greek: τύλος *tylos*, 'knob')[1] is an extinct [microsaurian](/source/Microsauria) [tetrapod](/source/Tetrapod) from the [Permian](/source/Permian) period of North America.

*Pantylus* was probably a largely terrestrial animal, judging from its well-built legs. It was about 25 centimetres (10 in) long, and resembled a lizard with a large [skull](/source/Skull) and short limbs. It had numerous blunt teeth, and probably chased after [invertebrate](/source/Invertebrate) prey.[2]

## References

1. Miller, S. A. (Samuel Almond) (1877). [*The American Palaeozoic fossils : a catalogue of the genera and species, with names of authors, dates, places of publication, groups of rock in which found, and the etymology and signification of the words, and an introduction devoted to the stratigraphical geology of the Palæozoic rocks*](https://archive.org/details/americanpalaeozo00milluoft). Cincinnati, Ohio : The author. p. 324.

1. Palmer, D. (ed.) (1999). *The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals*. London: Marshall Editions. p. 55. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.

## External links

- [Skull cast](http://fossils.valdosta.edu/fossil_pages/fossils_per/a10.html)

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