Emydops oweni Fröbisch and Reisz 2008 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Full reference: J. Fröbisch and R. R. Reisz. 2008. A new species of Emydops (Synapsida, Anomodontia) and a discussion of dental variability and pathology in dicynodonts. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):770-787

Belongs to Emydops according to J. Fröbisch and R. R. Reisz 2011

See also Fröbisch and Reisz 2008

Sister taxa: Dicynodon megalorhinus, Diictodon pseudojouberti, Emydops arctatus, Emydops haughtoni, Emydops platyceps

Type specimen: SAM-PK-3721, a skull. Its type locality is Avonleigh, which is in a Wuchiapingian floodplain mudstone in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: planktonic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Avonleigh

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