Sintocephalus Van Hoepen 1934 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Full reference: M. I. Van Hoepen. 1934. Oor die ideling van die Dicynodontidae na aanleiding van nuwe vorme. Paleontologiese Navorsing van die Nasionale Museum 2:67-101

Parent taxon: Dicynodontoidea according to C. F. Kammerer et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Basilodon, Counillonia, Daptocephalus, Delectosaurus, Dicynodon, Dicynodon incisivum, Dicynodon ingens, Dicynodon luckhoffi, Dicynodon testudiceps, Dicynodon venteri, Dinanomodon, Gordonia, Jimusaria, Kannemeyeria, Kunpania, Lystrosauridae, Peramodon, Platypodosaurus, Syops, Taoheodon, Turfanodon, Vivaxosaurus

Subtaxa: Sintocephalus alticeps

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Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Oudeberg (Pass and Plateau) - Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone (Permian of South Africa)

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