Lystrosaurus murrayi Huxley 1859

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae

Alternative combinations: Dicynodon murrayi, Ptychognathus murrayi

Synonyms: Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) verticalis Owen 1860, Dicynodon copei Seeley 1889, Dicynodon orientalis Huxley 1865, Lystrosaurus bothai Broom 1941, Lystrosaurus breyeri Van Hoepen 1915, Lystrosaurus frontosus Cope 1870, Lystrosaurus jeppei Van Hoepen 1916, Lystrosaurus orientalis Huxley 1865, Lystrosaurus rajurkari Tripathi and Satsangi 1963, Lystrosaurus rubidgei Broom 1940, Prolystrosaurus natalensis Haughton 1917, Ptychognathus boopis Owen 1876, Ptychosiagum murrayi Lydekker 1890

Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1859. On a new species of dicynodont (D. murrayi) from near Colesburg, South Africa; and on the structure of the skull in dicynodonts. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 15:649-659

Belongs to Lystrosaurus according to C. F. Kammerer et al. 2011

See also Brink 1951, Broom 1913, Broom 1932, Broom 1940, Broom 1941, Cluver 1971, Colbert 1974, Georgi 2006, Haughton 1917, Huxley 1859, Huxley 1865, King 1988, Kitching 1968, Kitching 1977, Lydekker 1890, Owen 1860, Owen 1860, Ray 2005, Seeley 1889, Seeley 1898, Sun 1964, Tripathi 1961, Tripathi and Satsangi 1963, Van Hoepen 1915 and Van Hoepen 1916

Sister taxa: Dicynodon seeleyi, Lystrosaurus broomi, Lystrosaurus curvatus, Lystrosaurus declivis, Lystrosaurus georgi, Lystrosaurus hedini, Lystrosaurus maccaigi, Lystrosaurus robustus, Lystrosaurus shichanggouensis, Lystrosaurus weidenreichi, Lystrosaurus youngi, Prolystrosaurus strigops

Type specimens:

  • Lystrosaurus murrayi: NHMUK R1291, a skull. Its type locality is Colesberg district, which is in an Induan terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
  • Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) verticalis: NHMUK 36224, a skull. Its type locality is Rhenosterberg (Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone), which is in an Induan terrestrial siliciclastic in the Katberg Formation of South Africa.
  • Dicynodon copei: NHMUK 47074, a partial skull.
  • Dicynodon orientalis: GSI unnumbered. Its type locality is Deoli, which is in an Induan/Smithian fluvial sandstone in the Panchet Formation of India.
  • Lystrosaurus bothai: Its type locality is Farm Rygerspoort, Cradock, which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in the Katberg Formation of South Africa.
  • Lystrosaurus breyeri: Its type locality is Harrismith Commonage, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Normandien Formation of South Africa.
  • Lystrosaurus frontosus:
  • Lystrosaurus jeppei: Its type locality is Harrismith Commonage, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Normandien Formation of South Africa.
  • Lystrosaurus rajurkari: GSI 17867, a skull. Its type locality is Talkunri, 3 miles SE of Asansol, which is in an Induan/Smithian terrestrial claystone in the Panchet Formation of India.
  • Lystrosaurus rubidgei: Its type locality is Bethesda Road Area, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
  • Prolystrosaurus natalensis:
  • Ptychognathus boopis:
  • Ptychosiagum murrayi:

Distribution:

• Triassic of India (16 collections), South Africa (24)

• Permian of South Africa (1)

Total: 41 collections including 45 occurrences

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