Jonkeria ingens Broom 1923 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Titanosuchidae

Synonym: Jonkeria pugnax Broom 1929

Full reference: R. Broom. 1923. On the Structure of the Skull in the Carnivorous Dinocephalian Reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 93(4)

Belongs to Jonkeria according to L. D. Boonstra 1969

See also Boonstra 1936

Sister taxa: Dinopolus atrox, Jonkeria haughtoni, Jonkeria koupensis, Jonkeria parva, Jonkeria rossouwi, Jonkeria truculenta, Jonkeria vanderbyli, Dinophoneus ingens

Type specimens:

  • Jonkeria ingens: AMNH 5634. Its type locality is Kookfontein, Victoria West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
  • Jonkeria pugnax: Its type locality is Kookfontein, Victoria West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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