Ericiolacertidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of therapsids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|fossil_range = Early Triassic

|image = Silphedosuchus orenburgensis.jpg

|image_caption = An illustration of Silphedosuchus, a member of the Ericiolacertidae

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Ericiolacertidae

|authority = {{small|Watson and Romer 1956}}

|subdivision_ranks = Genera

|subdivision =

• Ericiolacerta
• Pedaeosaurus
• Silphedosuchus

}}

Ericiolacertidae is a family of therocephalian therapsids.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18619398 |title=Ericiolacertidae |publisher=Wikidata |language=en |access-date=2018-05-20}} The family living in the earliest Triassic after the Permian-Triassic extinction event. Genera are: Ericiolacerta found in the Fremouw Formation of Antarctica and the Normandien Formation of South Africa, Pedaeosaurus found in the Fremouw Formation of Antarctica and Silphedosuchus, from the Petropavlovka Formation of Russia, east of the Urals.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39156 Ericiolacertidae] at Fossilworks.org The family is composed of carnivores.