†Daptocephalus huenei Haughton 1932 (dicynodont)
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Alternative combinations: Anomodon huenei, Dicynodon huenie, Diictodon huenei, Oudenodon huenei
Synonym: Dicynodon broilii Boonstra 1948 [objective synonym]
Belongs to Daptocephalus according to C. F. Kammerer 2019
See also Boonstra 1948, Boonstra 1969, Broili and Schröder 1937, Cluver and Hotton 1981, Haughton 1932, Kammerer et al. 2011, Keyser 1975, Sullivan and Reisz 2005, Toerien 1953 and von Huene 1942
Sister taxon: Daptocephalus leoniceps
Type specimens:
- Daptocephalus huenei: SAM-PK-10630, a skull. Its type locality is Farm La-de-da, which is in a Capitanian fluvial siliciclastic in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
- Dicynodon broilii: BSP 1934 VIII 46, a skull. Its type locality is Farm La-de-da, which is in a Capitanian fluvial siliciclastic in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: planktonic herbivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (1 collection), Tanzania (1)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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