Niassodon mfumukasi Castanhinha et al. 2014 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Kingoriidae

Full reference: R. Castanhinha, R. Araújo, L. C. Júnior, K. D. Angielczyk, G. G. Martins, R. M. S. Martins, C. Chaouiya, F. Beckmann, and F. Wilde. 2014. Bringing Dicynodonts Back to Life: Paleobiology and Anatomy of a New Emydopoid Genus from the Upper Permian of Mozambique. PLoS ONE 9(4):e94720

Belongs to Niassodon according to R. Castanhinha et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ML1620, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Tulo, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial mudstone in Mozambique.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Tulo

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