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Eodicynodon
Taxonomy
Eodicynodon was named by Barry (1974). It is not extant. Its type is Eodicynodon oosthuizeni.
It was assigned to Dicynodontinae by Barry (1974); to Eodicynodontoidea by King (1988); to Eodicynodontidae by Carroll (1988); and to Dicynodontia by Kammerer and Angielczyk (2009).
It was assigned to Dicynodontinae by Barry (1974); to Eodicynodontoidea by King (1988); to Eodicynodontidae by Carroll (1988); and to Dicynodontia by Kammerer and Angielczyk (2009).
Species
E. oelofseni, E. oosthuizeni (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1974 | Eodicynodon Barry p. 121 figs. 4-13 |
1988 | Eodicynodon Carroll |
1988 | Eodicynodon King |
2009 | Eodicynodon Kammerer and Angielczyk |
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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.
G. †Eodicynodon Barry 1974
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†Eodicynodon oelofseni Rubidge 1990
†Eodicynodon oosthuizeni Barry 1974
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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T. H. Barry 1974 | Skull small, Dicynodon-like in skull form and possession of a pair of canine tusks, but showing ancestral features. Vomers paired, lateral pterygoid processes strongly developed, premaxillaries partly paired. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983 |
Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Guadalupian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | E. oosthuizeni (189033) | |
Guadalupian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | E. oelofseni, E. oosthuizeni (75452) | |
Wordian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | E. oosthuizeni (75451) | |
Wordian | South Africa (Western Cape) | E. oosthuizeni (94649 94777 94778 94779 176321) |