†Jachaleria platygnathus Cox 1968 (dicynodont)
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Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Stahleckeriidae
Alternative combination: Dinodontosaurus platygnathus
Full reference: C. B. Cox. 1968. The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. IV. The dicynodont fauna. Breviora 295:1-27
Belongs to Jachaleria according to Keyser and Cruickshank 1979
See also Cox 1968
Sister taxa: Jachaleria candelariensis, Jachaleria colorata
Type specimen: 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 of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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