Sintocephalus alticeps Broom and Haughton 1913 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Alternative combination: Dicynodon alticeps

Full reference: R. Broom and S. H. Haughton. 1913. On two new species of Dicynodon. Annals of the South African Museum 12:36-39

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

See also Broom and Haughton 1913 and Van Hoepen 1934

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM-PK-2347, a skull. Its type locality is Oudeberg (Pass and Plateau) - Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Oudeberg (Pass and Plateau) - Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone

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