†Tritylodon longaevus Owen 1884 (mammaliamorph)
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Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Tritylodontidae
Full reference: R. Owen. 1884. On the skull and dentition of a Triassic mammal (Tritylodon longævus, Owen) from South Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 40:146-152
Belongs to Tritylodon according to F. v. Huene 1940
See also Owen 1884, Perrier 1928 and Simpson 1928
Sister taxon: Tritylodon fraasi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Thaba Tseou, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Thaba Tseou
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