Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Rhachiocephalidae
Alternative combination: Platycyclops crassus
Synonyms: Platycyclops acutirostris Broom and George 1950, Platycyclops pricei Broom and George 1950
Full reference: R. Broom. 1948. A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Vertebrates of the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 61(2):577-629
Belongs to Kitchinganomodon according to M. W. Maisch 2002
See also Broom 1948, Broom and George 1950, Keyser 1975, King 1988 and Kitching 1977
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Kitchinganomodon crassus: RC 88, a skull. Its type locality is Ferndale, Graaff-Reinet (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
- Platycyclops acutirostris: BP 127, a skull. Its type locality is Katbosch, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.
- Platycyclops pricei: BPI 1, a skull. Its type locality is Doornberg, New Bethesda, (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
Ecology: planktonic herbivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (3 collections), Zambia (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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