Rhachiocephalus Broom 1937

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae

Alternative spelling: Rachiocephalus

Full reference: R. Broom. 1937. A further contribution to our knowledge of the fossil reptiles of the Karroo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107(3):299-318

Parent taxon: Rhachiocephalidae according to C. F. Kammerer and K. D. Angielczyk 2009

See also Carroll 1988 and King 1988

Sister taxa: Dicynodon tealei, Kitchinganomodon

Subtaxa: Rhachiocephalus behemoth Rhachiocephalus magnus

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Type: Trochosuchus acutus

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (13 collections), Tanzania (4)

Total: 17 collections including 20 occurrences

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