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†Platycyclops Broom 1932 (dicynodont)

Amniota - Dicynodontia

Full reference: R. Broom. 1932. The mammal-like reptiles of South Africa and the Origin of Mammals

Parent taxon: Dicynodontia according to R. Broom 1932

See also Broom 1948

Sister taxa: Bidentalia, Brachyprosopus, Chelyoposaurus, Chelyoposaurus williamsi, Dicranozygoma, Dicranozygoma leptoscelus, Dicynodon leptorhinus, Dicynodontida, Dicynodontidae, Dicynodontoidea, Diictodontia, Diictodontidae, Diictodontoidea, Dolichuranus, Dolomitipes, Dromasaurida, Dromasauroidea, Emydopoidea, Emydorhinus, Endothiodontia, Endothiodontidae, Endothiodontoidea, Eocyclops, Eodicynodon, Eodicynodontia, Eodicynodontidae, Eodicynodontoidea, Eumantelliidae, Eurycarpus oweni, Fukangolepis barbaros, Haughtoniana, Haughtoniana magna, Heuneus, Hyorhynchus, Kannemeyeriidae, Kannemeyeriiformes, Kannemeyeroidea, Katumbia, Kingoridae, Kingorioidea, Koupia, Koupia koupensis, Oudenodon strigiceps, Pentasauropus, Pristerodontia, Pristerodontoidea, Ptychognathus, Pylaecephalidae, Rhinodicynodon, Shansiodontidae, Stahleckeriidae, Taognathus, Taognathus megalodon, Therapsipus, Therochelonia, Venjukoviamorpha

Subtaxa: Platycyclops richardi

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Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Graaff-Reinet Commonage (Permian of South Africa)

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