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Sintocephalus alticeps

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Dicynodon alticeps was named by Broom and Haughton (1913). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-2347, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oudeberg (Pass and Plateau) - Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was recombined as Sintocephalus alticeps by Van Hoepen (1934), Kammerer et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Dicynodon alticeps Broom and Haughton
1934Sintocephalus alticeps Van Hoepen
2011Sintocephalus alticeps Kammerer et al. p. 139

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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()
—DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
genusSintocephalus
speciesalticeps()

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.

†Sintocephalus alticeps Broom and Haughton 1913
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. F. Kammerer et al. 2011Medium-sized Permian dicynodontoid characterized by the following autapomorphy: thickened region of temporal arch immediately after postorbital bar with convex ventral margin in lateral view. Further diagnosed by the following unique combination of characters: large orbits (relative to dicynodontoids of equal size), steeply angled, sloping snout, broad intertemporal region (equal in width to interobital region anteriorly, but constricting posteriorly), broad exposure of parietals, and lateral margins of adductor musculature attachment sites do not overlap on intertemporal midline.
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

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) Dicynodon alticeps (type locality: 171384)