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Syops vanhoepeni
Taxonomy
Dicynodon vanhoepeni was named by Boonstra (1938). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-11311, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Drysdall & Kitching locality 4, Upper Luangwa Valley, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial mudstone in the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of Zambia.
It was synonymized subjectively with Oudenodon luangwanensis by Brink (1986); it was recombined as Syops vanhoepeni by Kammerer et al. (2011).
It was synonymized subjectively with Oudenodon luangwanensis by Brink (1986); it was recombined as Syops vanhoepeni by Kammerer et al. (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Dicynodon roberti Boonstra |
| 1938 | Dicynodon vanhoepeni Boonstra p. 139 |
| 2011 | Syops vanhoepeni Kammerer et al. p. 139 |
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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.
†Syops vanhoepeni Boonstra 1938
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Invalid names: Dicynodon roberti Boonstra 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | Zambia | Dicynodon roberti (184660) Dicynodon vanhoepeni (184600) Syops vanhoepeni (185606) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Tanzania (Ruvuma) | Dicynodon roberti (178128) |