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Eodicynodon oosthuizeni

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Eodicynodon oosthuizeni was named by Barry (1974). Its type specimen is ROZ 1, a partial skull (anterior portion of snout and mandible missing), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zwartskraal farm, which is in a Wordian delta plain mudstone/sandstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Eodicynodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Eodicynodon oosthuizeni Barry p. 121 figs. 4-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
genusEodicynodon
speciesoosthuizeni

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, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51South Africa (Northern Cape) Eodicynodon oosthuizeni (189033)
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51South Africa (Eastern Cape) Eodicynodon oosthuizeni (75452)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28South Africa (Western Cape) Eodicynodon oosthuizeni (94649 type locality: 94777 94778 94779 176321)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28South Africa (Eastern Cape) Eodicynodon oosthuizeni (75451)