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Emydops oweni

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Emydops oweni was named by Fröbisch and Reisz (2008). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-3721, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Avonleigh, which is in a Wuchiapingian floodplain mudstone in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.

Entered
by J. Fröbisch on 2011-08-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Emydops oweni Fröbisch and Reisz
2011Emydops oweni Fröbisch and Reisz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
superfamilyEmydopoideavan Hoepen 1934
genusEmydops
speciesoweni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Emydops oweni Fröbisch and Reisz 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Fröbisch and R. R. Reisz 2008Tusked or tuskless emydopid dicynodont referable to the genus Emydops, but distinguishable from the senior synonym E. arctatus of the type species E. minor by the following autapomorphies: absence of the small round foramen in the maxilla lateral to the postcaniniform keel, presence of a distinct ventrolaterally projecting pterygoid flange, and the diagnostic shape of the lateral dentary shelf strongly overhanging the mandibular fenestra with convex dorsal and concave ventral surfaces.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:47:37
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:47:37
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Eastern Cape) Emydops oweni (type locality: 114631)