†Rhachiocephalus Seeley 1898 (therapsid)
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Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
Alternative spelling: Rachiocephalus
Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1898. On Oudenodon (Aulacocephalus) pithecops from Cape Colony. The Geological Magazine 5:107-110
Parent taxon: Rhachiocephalidae according to C. F. Kammerer and K. D. Angielczyk 2009
See also Carroll 1988 and King 1988
Sister taxa: Dicynodon tealei, Kitchinganomodon
Subtaxa: Rhachiocephalus behemoth Rhachiocephalus magnus
Type: Trochosuchus acutus
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (13 collections), Tanzania (4)
Total: 17 collections including 20 occurrences
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