Myosaurus gracilis Hammer and Cosgriff 1981 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Full reference: W. R. Hammer and J. W. Cosgriff. 1981. Myosaurus gracilis, an anomodont reptile from the Lower Triassic of Antarctica and South Africa. Journal of Paleontology 55(2):410-424

Belongs to Myosaurus according to W. R. Hammer and J. W. Cosgriff 1981

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM 3526 and 3526a, a skull (Two skulls in nodule). Its type locality is Harrismith Commonage, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Normandien Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Antarctica (1 collection), South Africa (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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