Palemydops platysoma Broom 1921 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Emydopidae

Full reference: R. Broom. 1921. On some new genera and species of anomodont reptiles from the Karroo beds of South Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 647-674

Belongs to Palemydops according to R. Broom 1921

Sister taxa: Palemydops minor, Palemydops rubidgeae

Type specimen: BMNH R. 4955, a skull. Its type locality is Biesjiespoort, Victoria West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Biesjiespoort, Victoria West

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