Emydops haughtoni Janensch 1952 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Alternative combination: Storthyggognathus haughtoni

Full reference: W. Janensch. 1952. Zwei neue Anomodontier mit Molaren und Crista masseterica aus den Karroo-Schichten Südafrikas [Two new anomodonts with molars and a masseteric crest from the Karroo Beds of South Africa]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 26(3/4):218-228

Belongs to Emydops according to G. M. King and B. S. Rubidge 1993

See also Janensch 1952

Sister taxa: Dicynodon megalorhinus, Diictodon pseudojouberti, Emydops arctatus, Emydops oweni, Emydops platyceps

Type specimen: BMNK. Its type locality is Biesjiespoort, Victoria West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Biesjiespoort, Victoria West

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