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Emydops oweni
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.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Emydops oweni Fröbisch and Reisz |
| 2011 | Emydops oweni Fröbisch and Reisz |
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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
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. Fröbisch and R. R. Reisz 2008 | Tusked 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
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Emydops oweni (type locality: 114631) |