Compsodon Van Hoepen 1934 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Full reference: M. I. Van Hoepen. 1934. Oor die ideling van die Dicynodontidae na aanleiding van nuwe vorme. Paleontologiese Navorsing van die Nasionale Museum 2:67-101

Parent taxon: Emydopoidea according to K. D. Angielczyk and C. F. Kammerer 2017

See also Angielczyk et al. 2014 and Carroll 1988

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

Subtaxa: Compsodon helmoedi

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Type: Compsodon helmoedi

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (3 collections), Zambia (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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