Abdalodon diastematicus Kammerer 2016 (cynodont)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Charassognathidae

Full reference: C. F. Kammerer. 2016. A new taxon of cynodont from the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone (Upper Permian) of South Africa, and the early evolution of Cynodontia. Papers in Palaeontology 2(3):387-397

Belongs to Abdalodon according to C. F. Kammerer 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM-PK-K10138, a skull. Its type locality is Leeukloof 43, which is in a Wuchiapingian dry floodplain claystone/siltstone in the Teekloof Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Leeukloof 43

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