Proconsul africanus Skull, reconstruction Dimetrodon Comparisons between the scleral rings

Comparisons between the scleral rings of both Ctenochasma elegans and Ctenochasma taqueti and modern birds and reptiles suggest that these taxa may have been nocturnal

These greatly valued fossils comes from the lagerstatte Monte Bolca

The body shape was low-slung and quite wide

the first four pairs of legs were used for walking and the fifth pair was modified into a set of paddle-like flippers

Based on other full skeletons of this species which have been found: the full size of the skull would have been about 28 inches long and 14 inches wide

Proconsul africanus Skull, reconstruction Dimetrodon Comparisons between the scleral ringsProconsul africanus Skull 14 to 23 Million Years. The Proconsul africanus skull was discovered by Mary Leakey in 1948 on Rusinga Island, Kenya. This specimen, based on the 1948 Leakey discovery, is the most complete Proconsul africanus cranium to date. Alan Walker reclassified Proconsul africanus, a Miocene hominoid, as heseloni in 1993. The skull is characterized by the absence of browridges (unlike in modern apes) and the presence of a projecting