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Kannemeyeria simocephala
Taxonomy
Dicynodon simocephalus was named by Weithofer (1888). Its type specimen is NMW 8178, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dwarsvlaei, Aliwal North, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.
It was recombined as Kannemeyeria simocephalus by Broom (1913); it was recombined as Kannemeyeria simocephala by King (1988) and Kammerer et al. (2011).
It was recombined as Kannemeyeria simocephalus by Broom (1913); it was recombined as Kannemeyeria simocephala by King (1988) and Kammerer et al. (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1888 | Dicynodon simocephalus Weithofer |
1899 | Dicynodon latifrons Broom |
1911 | Sagecephalus pachyrhynchus Jaekel |
1913 | Dicynodon pachyrhynchus Broom |
1913 | Kannemeyeria simocephalus Broom |
1932 | Kannemeyeria latifrons Broom |
1937 | Kannemeyeria wilsoni Broom p. 308 fig. 8 |
1988 | Kannemeyeria simocephala King |
2011 | Kannemeyeria simocephala Kammerer et al. |
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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.
†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
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: base of the Early/Lower Triassic to the top of the Anisian or 252.17000 to 242.00000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Kannemeyeria wilsoni (196490) | |
Anisian | Tanzania (Ruvuma) | Kannemeyeria latifrons (194382) | |
Anisian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Dicynodon latifrons (177025) Dicynodon simocephalus (177022) Kannemeyeria simocephalus (92312 101957 101963 105295 197000) |