Lystrosaurus curvatus Owen 1876

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae

Alternative combination: Dicynodon curvatus

Synonyms: Lystrosaurus andersoni Broom , Lystrosaurus jorisseni Van Hoepen 1916, Lystrosaurus oviceps Haughton 1915, Lystrosaurus platyceps Seeley 1898, Lystrosaurus theileri Van Hoepen 1916, Lystrosaurus wageri Van Hoepen 1916

Full reference: R. Owen. 1876. Descriptive and Illustrated catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia of South Africa in the Collection of the British Museum of Natural History.

Belongs to Lystrosaurus according to G. M. King and I. Jenkins 1997

See also Brink 1951, Broom 1913, Broom 1932, Cluver 1971, Colbert 1974, Georgi 2006, Grine et al. 2006, Haughton 1915, King 1988, Seeley 1898 and Van Hoepen 1916

Sister taxa: Dicynodon seeleyi, Lystrosaurus broomi, Lystrosaurus declivis, Lystrosaurus georgi, Lystrosaurus hedini, Lystrosaurus maccaigi, Lystrosaurus murrayi, Lystrosaurus robustus, Lystrosaurus shichanggouensis, Lystrosaurus weidenreichi, Lystrosaurus youngi, Prolystrosaurus strigops

Type specimens:

  • Lystrosaurus curvatus: NHMUK R3792, a partial skull. Its type locality is Elandsberg, which is in an Induan terrestrial horizon in the Katberg Formation of South Africa.
  • Lystrosaurus andersoni:
  • Lystrosaurus jorisseni: Its type locality is Harrismith Commonage, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Normandien Formation of South Africa.
  • Lystrosaurus oviceps:
  • Lystrosaurus platyceps:
  • Lystrosaurus theileri: Its type locality is Harrismith Commonage, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Normandien Formation of South Africa.
  • Lystrosaurus wageri: TM 18. Its type locality is Harrismith Commonage, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Normandien Formation of South Africa.

Distribution:

• Triassic of Antarctica (1 collection), South Africa (15)

Total: 16 collections including 22 occurrences

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