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Odontocyclops whaitsi
Taxonomy
Dicynodon whaitsi was named by Broom (1913). Its type specimen is AMNH FARB 5566, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nieuweld, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
It was recombined as Oudenodon whaitsi by Van Hoepen (1934); it was synonymized subjectively with Dicynodon lacerticeps by Brink (1986); it was recombined as Odontocyclops whaitsi by Angielczyk (2002) and Angielczyk et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Oudenodon whaitsi by Van Hoepen (1934); it was synonymized subjectively with Dicynodon lacerticeps by Brink (1986); it was recombined as Odontocyclops whaitsi by Angielczyk (2002) and Angielczyk et al. (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1913 | Dicynodon whaitsi Broom |
| 1934 | Oudenodon whaitsi Van Hoepen |
| 1938 | Rhachiocephalus dubius Boonstra p. 375 |
| 2002 | Odontocyclops whaitsi Angielczyk |
| 2014 | Odontocyclops whaitsi Angielczyk 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.
†Odontocyclops whaitsi Broom 1913
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Invalid names: Rhachiocephalus dubius 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: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | Zambia (Eastern) | Aulacephalodon sp. (86257) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Zambia | Aulacephalodon sp. (184660 184662) Odontocyclops whaitsi (184599 185600) Rhachiocephalus dubius (184600) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Limpopo) | Dicynodon whaitsi (178198) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Dicynodon whaitsi (181803) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Dicynodon whaitsi (178113) |