†Alopecodon priscus Broom (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Alopecodontidae

Synonyms: Alopecodon minor Broom 1925, Alopecodon rugosus Broom

Belongs to Alopecodon according to R. Broom 1913

See also Boonstra 1969

Sister taxon: Alopecodon goeriachensis

Type specimens:

  • Alopecodon priscus: Its type locality is Seekoeigat, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa
  • Alopecodon minor: Its type locality is Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
  • Alopecodon rugosus: Its type locality is Seekoeigat, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences

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