Moschorhinus kitchingi Broom 1920 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Akidnognathidae

Synonyms: Moschorhinus esterhuyseni Broom 1940, Moschorhinus minor Broom 1936, Moschorhinus natalensis Brink 1958, Moschorhinus warreni Broom 1907, Scymnosaurus warreni Broom 1907

Belongs to Moschorhinus according to A. S. Brink 1954

See also Brink 1958, Broom 1913, Broom 1940, Durand 1991 and Kitching 1977

Sister taxon: Cerdops burgheri

Type specimens:

  • Moschorhinus kitchingi: BMNH R5698, a partial skull (Snout). Its type locality is Bethesda Road Area, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
  • Moschorhinus esterhuyseni: RC 32, a skull. Its type locality is Wilgerbosch, New Bethesda, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
  • Moschorhinus minor: TM 268, a partial skull (Snout). Its type locality is Wapadsberg Area (Dicynodon Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.
  • Moschorhinus natalensis: BP/1/295, a skull. Its type locality is Boesmansklip, Bergville, which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
  • Moschorhinus warreni: Natal Museum unnumbered, a partial skull (Snout). Its type locality is Little Tugela River, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of South Africa (12 collections)

• Permian to Triassic of South Africa (1)

• Permian of South Africa (13)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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