Emydops Broom 1912 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Synonyms: Emydopsis Broom 1921, Storthyggnathus Janensch 1952, Storthyggognathus Janensch 1952

Full reference: R. Broom. 1912. On some new South African Permian reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911:1073-1082

Parent taxon: Emydopoidea according to J. Fröbisch and R. R. Reisz 2011

See also Angielczyk et al. 2014, Broom 1912, Broom 1913, Broom 1921, Carroll 1988, Janensch 1952, Kammerer and Angielczyk 2009, King 1988 and King and Rubidge 1993

Sister taxa: Cistecephalinae, Compsodon, Digalodon, Emydopidae, Emydopinae, Kingoriidae, Kistecephalia, Myosaurus

Subtaxa: Dicynodon megalorhinus Diictodon pseudojouberti Emydops arctatus Emydops haughtoni Emydops oweni Emydops platyceps

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Type: Emydops minor

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (23 collections), Zambia (4)

Total: 27 collections including 32 occurrences

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