Dinodontosaurus brevirostris Cox 1968 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Synonyms: Chanaria platyceps Cox 1968, Dinodontosaurus platygnathus Cox 1968, Jachaleria platygnathus Cox 1968

Full reference: C. B. Cox. 1968. The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. IV. The dicynodont fauna. Breviora 295:1-27

Belongs to Dinodontosaurus according to C. F. Kammerer and M. A. Ordoñez 2021

See also Cox 1968, Fröbisch 2009 and Lucas and Harris 1996

Sister taxon: Dinodontosaurus tener

Type specimens:

  • Dinodontosaurus brevirostris: Museo de la Plata 65-XI-14-4, a skull. Its type locality is Chañares River, 6 miles east, which is in a Ladinian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Chañares Formation of Argentina.
  • Chanaria platyceps: Museo de la Plata 65-XI-14-3, a skull. Its type locality is Chañares River, 6 miles east, which is in a Ladinian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Chañares Formation of Argentina.
  • Dinodontosaurus platygnathus: Museo de la Plata 65-XI-14-5, a partial skull. Its type locality is Gualo River, 1.25 miles NNW, which is in a Ladinian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Chañares Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection)

• Triassic of Argentina (2)

Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences

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