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Euptychognathus bathyrhynchus

Anomodontia - Lystrosauridae

Taxonomy
Dicynodon bathyrhynchus was named by von Huene (1942). Its type specimen is GPIT/RE/7104, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kingori locality, Ruhuhu Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Usili Formation of Tanzania.

It was recombined as Euptychognathus bathyrhynchus by Kammerer et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Dicynodon bathyrhynchus von Huene p. 160
2011Euptychognathus bathyrhynchus Kammerer et al. p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
familyLystrosauridae
genusEuptychognathus
speciesbathyrhynchus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Tanzania (Ruvuma) Dicynodon bathyrhynchus (type locality: 181520)