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Kannemeyeria

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Kannemeyeriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Kannemeyeria Seeley
1965Kannemeyeria Cox
1988Kannemeyeria Carroll
1988Kannemeyeria King
2009Kannemeyeria Kammerer and Angielczyk
2021Kannemeyeria Kammerer and Ordoñez p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
—Kannemeyeriiformes(Huene 1948)
familyKannemeyeriidaeHuene 1948
genusKannemeyeriaSeeley 1908

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.

G. †Kannemeyeria Seeley 1908
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†Kannemeyeria aganosteus Kammerer and Ordoñez 2021
†Kannemeyeria lophorhinus Renaut et al. 2003
†Kannemeyeria simocephala Weithofer 1888
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Invalid names: Kannemeyeria latifrons Broom 1899 [synonym], Kannemeyeria wilsoni Broom 1937 [objective synonym], Sagecephalus pachyrhynchus Jaekel 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. F. Kammerer and M. A. Ordoñez 2021A large (~45 cm maximum skull length) kannemeyeriiform dicynodont characterized by the combination of a median snout crest on the premaxilla and nasal (not bounded by prominent depressions), large tusks, convex posterior margin of the nasals on the skull roof, and extensive, rugose sculpturing of the bone surface across the snout, particularly on the caniniform buttresses.
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, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Triassic to the top of the Ladinian or 251.90200 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7South Africa (Eastern Cape) K. wilsoni (196490)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464South Africa K. sp. (190131)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Zambia Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus (99436)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Tanzania (Ruvuma) K. latifrons (194382)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464South Africa (Free State) K. sp. (171026)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464South Africa (Eastern Cape) Dicynodon latifrons (177025) Dicynodon simocephalus (177022) K. simocephalus (92312 101957 101963 105295 197000) K. sp. (96329 144319)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Namibia K. simocephalus (99453)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Namibia K. sp. (99490)
Ladinian - Julian241.464 - 233.6Argentina (Mendoza) K. aganosteus (241289 241290)