†Eriphostoma microdon Broom 1911 (therapsid)
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Synonyms: Eoarctops vanderbyli Haughton 1929, Galesuchus gracilis Haughton 1915, Scylacognathus parvus Broom 1913
Full reference: R. Broom. 1911. On some New South African Permian Reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81(4):1073-1082
Belongs to Eriphostoma according to C. F. Kammerer et al. 2015
See also Boonstra 1969, Broom 1913, Broom 1913, Haughton 1915, Haughton 1929 and Sigogneau-Russell 1989
Sister taxa: Scylacognathus grimbeeki, Scylacognathus robustus
Type specimens:
- Eriphostoma microdon: AMNH FARB 5524, a skull. Its type locality is Leeu-Gamka , which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
- Eoarctops vanderbyli: SAM-PK-5598, a skull. Its type locality is Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
- Galesuchus gracilis: SAM-PK-2754, a skull. Its type locality is Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
- Scylacognathus parvus: AM 3751, a skull. Its type locality is Hottentotsrivier Farm, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (10 collections)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
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