Robertia broomiana Boonstra 1948 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Pylaecephalidae

Synonym: Dicynodon schroederi Toerien 1953

Belongs to Robertia according to Boonstra 1948

See also Brink 1986 and Kammerer et al. 2011

Sister taxon: Robertia antjiesfonteinensis

Type specimens:

  • Robertia broomiana: SAM-PK-11761, a skull. Its type locality is Klein Koedoeskop, Beaufort West, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
  • Dicynodon schroederi: BP/1/2235, a skull. Its type locality is Kleinwaterval, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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