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†Dicynodon Owen 1845 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Synonym: Eurycarpus Seeley 1889

Parent taxon: Dicynodontoidea according to C. F. Kammerer et al. 2011

See also Battail and Surkov 2000, Boonstra 1969, Broom 1912, Broom 1913, Broom 1948, Carroll 1988, Haughton 1932, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Ivakhnenko 2003, Ivakhnenko 2008, King 1988, Li and Sun 2008, Meyer 1845, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Rybczynski 2000 and Seeley 1889

Sister taxa: Basilodon, Counillonia, Daptocephalus, Delectosaurus, Dicynodon incisivum, Dicynodon ingens, Dicynodon luckhoffi, Dicynodon testudiceps, Dicynodon venteri, Dinanomodon, Gordonia, Jimusaria, Kannemeyeriiformes, Kunpania, Lystrosauridae, Peramodon, Platypodosaurus, Sintocephalus, Syops, Taoheodon, Turfanodon, Vivaxosaurus

Subtaxa: Dicynodon angielczyki Dicynodon cordylus Dicynodon hartzenbergi Dicynodon lacerticeps Dicynodon laerticeps Dicynodon pachyrhynchus Kingoria grahami

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Ecology: planktonic herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Brazil (1 collection)

• Tatarian of the Russian Federation (2)

• Permian of Mozambique (1), South Africa (21), Tanzania (4), Zambia (1)

Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences

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