Alternative combination: Dicynodon tener
Synonyms: Dinodontosaurus oliveirai Romer 1943, Dinodontosaurus pedroanum Tupi-Caldas 1936, Diodontosaurus pedroanum Tupi-Caldas 1936
Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1935. Lieferung 1. Anomodontia [Part 1. Anomodontia]. Die Fossilen Reptilien des Südamerikanischen Gondwanalandes. Ergebnisse der Sauriergrabungen in Südbrasilien 1928/29 [The Fossil Reptiles of South American Gondwanaland. Results of the Dinosaur Expeditions in southern Brazil 1928/29]. C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, München 1-82
Belongs to Dinodontosaurus according to C. F. Kammerer and M. A. Ordoñez 2021
See also Cox 1965, Langer et al. 2007 and Lucas and Harris 1996
Sister taxon: Dinodontosaurus brevirostris
Type specimens:
- Dinodontosaurus tener: GPIT, uncatalogued, a partial skull ( skull fragments)
- Dinodontosaurus oliveirai: MCZ 1670, a skeleton. Its type locality is Sanga no. 2, south of Candelaria, which is in a Ladinian terrestrial claystone in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.
- Diodontosaurus pedroanum:
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Brazil (14 collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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