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Geikia locusticeps
Taxonomy
Dicynodon locusticeps was named by von Huene (1942). Its type specimen is GPIT K 87, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kingori locality, Ruhuhu Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Usili Formation of Tanzania.
It was recombined as Geikia locusticeps by Rowe (1980), Maisch and Gebauer (2005) and Kammerer et al. (2011).
It was recombined as Geikia locusticeps by Rowe (1980), Maisch and Gebauer (2005) and Kammerer et al. (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Pelanomodon tuberosus von Huene |
| 1942 | Dicynodon locusticeps von Huene p. 159 |
| 1980 | Geikia locusticeps Rowe |
| 2005 | Geikia locusticeps Maisch and Gebauer |
| 2011 | Geikia locusticeps Kammerer et al. |
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†Geikia locusticeps von Huene 1942
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Invalid names: Pelanomodon tuberosus von Huene 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. W. Maisch and E. V. I. Gebauer 2005 | Autapomorphic features of the species are: posterior rugosities on the postorbital bar very strong in the adult; strong lateral ridge on the caniniform process; pronounced sagittal ridges on nasals and frontals; prepari- etal situated in a depression accompanied by lateral rid- ges, formed by the parietals, in the adult; small boss around parietal foramen; interparietal wide, in the shape of a butterfly’s wings; squamosals with strongly rugose dorsal edge of zygomatic process, projecting lateroventrally in a characteristic manner, posterodorsal tips of squ- amosal wings strongly produced posteriorly; jugal with short but well-developed postorbital process; foramina for the entrance of the arteria carotis interna very closely spaced, situated in a deep depression on ventral surface of parabasisphenoid; fossa interpterygoidea extremely long; entire skull almost as broad as long; occiput very low and laterally expanded; dentaries with two small tri- angular projections immediately behind the anterodorsal biting edge; mandibular fenestra very elongate, sickle- shaped with pronounced ventral curvature. |