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, Cryptodontidae, Dicranozygoma, Dicranozygoma leptoscelus, Dicynodon leptorhinus, Dicynodontida, Dicynodontidae, Dicynodontoidea, Diictodontia, Diictodontidae, Diictodontoidea, Dolomitipes, Dromasaurida, Dromasauroidea, Emydopoidea, Emydorhinus, Endothiodontia, Endothiodontidae, Endothiodontoidea, Eocyclops, Eodicynodon, Eodicynodontia, Eodicynodontidae, Eodicynodontoidea, Eumantelliidae, Eurycarpus oweni, Fukangolepis barbaros, Haughtoniana, Haughtoniana magna, Heuneus, Hyorhynchus, Kannemeyeroidea, Katumbia, Kingoridae, Kingorioidea, Koupia, Koupia koupensis, Oudenodon strigiceps, Pentasauropus, Platycyclops, Pristerodontia, Pristerodontoidea, Ptychognathus, Pylaecephalidae, Taognathus, Taognathus megalodon, Therapsipus, Therochelonia, Venjukoviamorpha
Subtaxa: Brachyprosopus broomi
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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