Brachyprosopus Olson 1937 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Synonym: Chelydontops Cluver 1975

Full reference: E. C. Olson. 1937. The skull structure of a new anomodont. Journal of Geology 45(8):851-858

Parent taxon: Dicynodontia according to K. D. Angielczyk et al. 2016

See also Boonstra 1969, Carroll 1988, Kammerer and Angielczyk 2009, King 1988 and Olson 1937

Sister taxa: Bidentalia, Chelyoposaurus, Chelyoposaurus williamsi, Dicranozygoma, Dicranozygoma leptoscelus, Dicynodon leptorhinus, Dicynodontida, Dicynodontidae, Dicynodontoidea, Diictodontia, Diictodontidae, Diictodontoidea, Dolichuranus, Dolomitipes, Dromasaurida, Dromasauroidea, Emydopoidea, Emydorhinus, Endothiodontia, Endothiodontidae, Endothiodontoidea, Eocyclops, Eodicynodon, Eodicynodontia, Eodicynodontidae, Eodicynodontoidea, Eumantelliidae, Eurycarpus oweni, Fukangolepis barbaros, Haughtoniana, Haughtoniana magna, Heuneus, Hyorhynchus, Kannemeyeriidae, Kannemeyeriiformes, Kannemeyeroidea, Katumbia, Kingoridae, Kingorioidea, Koupia, Koupia koupensis, Oudenodon strigiceps, Pentasauropus, Platycyclops, Pristerodontia, Pristerodontoidea, Ptychognathus, Pylaecephalidae, Rhinodicynodon, Shansiodontidae, Stahleckeriidae, Taognathus, Taognathus megalodon, Therapsipus, Therochelonia, Venjukoviamorpha

Subtaxa: Brachyprosopus broomi

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Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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