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Kannemeyeria
Taxonomy
Kannemeyeria was named by Seeley (1908). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Kannemeyeriini by King (1988); to Dicynodontoidea by Kammerer and Angielczyk (2009); and to Kannemeyeriidae by Cox (1965), Carroll (1988), Kammerer and Ordoñez (2021).
It was assigned to Kannemeyeriini by King (1988); to Dicynodontoidea by Kammerer and Angielczyk (2009); and to Kannemeyeriidae by Cox (1965), Carroll (1988), Kammerer and Ordoñez (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1908 | Kannemeyeria Seeley |
| 1965 | Kannemeyeria Cox |
| 1988 | Kannemeyeria Carroll |
| 1988 | Kannemeyeria King |
| 2009 | Kannemeyeria Kammerer and Angielczyk |
| 2021 | Kannemeyeria Kammerer and Ordoñez p. 5 |
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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. †Kannemeyeria Seeley 1908
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†Kannemeyeria aganosteus Kammerer and Ordoñez 2021
†Kannemeyeria lophorhinus Renaut et al. 2003
†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
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C. F. Kammerer and M. A. Ordoñez 2021 | A large (~45 cm maximum skull length) kannemeyeriiform dicynodont characterized by the combination of a median snout crest on the premaxilla and nasal (not bounded by prominent depressions), large tusks, convex posterior margin of the nasals on the skull roof, and extensive, rugose sculpturing of the bone surface across the snout, particularly on the caniniform buttresses. |