Sysphinctostoma gracilis Broom 1950 (cynodont)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Galesauridae

Full reference: R. Broom. 1950. Some fossil reptiles from the Karoo Beds of Lady Frere. South African Journal of Science 47:86-88

Belongs to Sysphinctostoma according to R. Broom 1950

Sister taxon: Sysphinctostoma smithi

Type specimen: RC 113, a skull. Its type locality is Lumku Farm, Lady Frere, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lumku Farm, Lady Frere

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