Ericiolacerta, Watson, 1931

Huttenlocker, Adam, 2009, An investigation into the cladistic relationships and monophyly of therocephalian therapsids (Amniota: Synapsida), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (4), pp. 865-891 : 891

Ericiolacerta + Bauria (six characters)

4. Rostrum short and broad (1). (Rostrum is typically elongate in other baurioids, so this is interpreted as a reversal to the primitive eutherocephalian condition.)

11. Posterior region of the maxillary facial plate is folded inward onto the palatal region, so that the maxilla is well exposed ventrally just anterior to the orbit (1). (Conv. in non-akidnognathid ‘whaitsioids’.)

13. Suborbital bar is laterally expanded, contributing to a pronounced degree of orbital convergence (1). (Conv. in cynodonts and nonakidnognathid ‘whaitsioids’.)

14. Dorsal margin of rostrum is high and straight anterior to the orbit, rather than long and lowlying (0). (The rostrum is long and low in all other baurioids, so the condition in Ericiolacerta and Bauria is interpreted as a primitive reversal.)

37. Palatal processes of maxillae meet at midline, obscuring part of the vomer (4).

102. Postcanines having two or more cusps in line (1). (Conv. in cynodonts and Scaloposaurus .)