Parakannemeyeria dolichocephala Sun 1960 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Kannemeyeriidae

Full reference: A.-L. Sun. 1960. On a new genus of kannemeyerids from Ningwu, Shansi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 4(2):67-80

Belongs to Parakannemeyeria according to J. Li and A. Sun 2008

See also Sun 1960 and Sun 1963

Sister taxa: Parakannemeyeria chengi, Parakannemeyeria ningwuensis, Parakannemeyeria shenmuensis, Parakannemeyeria youngi

Type specimen: IVPP V 973, a partial skeleton (Complete skull with partial postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Hutaikou, 56160, Nwc E. D., Tachang, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Ermaying Formation of China.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Hutaikou, 56160, Nwc E. D., Tachang

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