†Cryptocynodon simus Seeley 1894 (dicynodont)
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Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1894. Researches on the Structure, Organisation, and Classification of the Fossil Reptilia. Part IX. Section 1. On the Therosuchia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 185:987-1018
Belongs to Cryptocynodon according to R. Castanhinha et al. 2014
See also Broom 1913 and King and Rubidge 1993
Sister taxon: Cryptocynodon schroederi
Type specimen: NHMUK PV R2582, a partial skull. Its type locality is Nieuweld, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution: found only at Nieuweld
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