Kombuisia antarctica Fröbisch et al. 2010 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Kingoriidae

Full reference: J. Fröbisch, K. D. Angielczyk, and C. A. Sidor. 2010. The Triassic dicynodont Kombuisia (Synapsida, Anomodontia) from Antarctica, a refuge from the terrestrial Permian-Triassic mass extinction. Naturwissenschaften 97:187-196

Belongs to Kombuisia according to J. Fröbisch and R. R. Reisz 2011

Sister taxon: Kombuisia frerensis

Type specimen: AMNH 9562, a skull. Its type locality is Shenk Peak (uncertain stratigraphic level), which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in the Fremouw Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: planktonic herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Antarctica (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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