Bulbasaurus phylloxyron Kammerer and Smith 2017 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae

Full reference: C. F. Kammerer and R. M. H. Smith. 2017. An early geikiid dicynodont from the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone (late Permian) of South Africa. PeerJ 5(e2913)

Belongs to Bulbasaurus according to C. F. Kammerer and R. M. H. Smith 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM-PK-K11235, a partial skull (missing the left subtemporal bar and both postorbital bars). Its type locality is Driekoppe, Vredelus, Fraserburg, which is in a Wuchiapingian floodplain siltstone in the Teekloof Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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