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Emydops

Anomodontia

Taxonomy

Emydops was named by Broom (1912). Its type is Emydops minor.

It was assigned to Anomodontia by Broom (1912); to Anomodontia by Broom (1913); to Emydopini by King (1988); to Emydopidae by Carroll (1988); to Emydopoidea by Fröbisch and Reisz (2011); and to Emydopidae by Kammerer and Angielczyk (2009) and Angielczyk et al. (2014).

Species

Dicynodon megalorhinus, Diictodon pseudojouberti, E. arctatus (syn. E. minor, E. minimus, E. brachyops, Dicynodon ictinops, E. parvus, E. longus), E. haughtoni, E. oweni, E. platyceps

Synonyms

Emydopsis was named by Broom (1921). Its type is Oudenodon trigoniceps.

It was synonymized subjectively with Emydops by Angielczyk et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Anomodontia by Broom (1921).
Emydops platyceps was named by Broom and Haughton (1917). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-2667, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dunedin, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Fröbisch and Reisz (2008).
Oudenodon megalorhinus was named by Broom (1904). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-640, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Prince Albert Road, which is in a Capitanian/Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was recombined as Dicynodon megalorhinus by Broom (1913); it was synonymized subjectively with Diictodon feliceps by Brink (1986); it was considered a nomen dubium by Kammerer et al. (2011).
Dicynodon pseudojouberti was named by Boonstra (1948). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-774, a skull (Now lost), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Prince Albert Road, which is in a Capitanian/Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was recombined as Diictodon pseudojouberti by Cluver and Hotton (1981) and King (1988); it was synonymized subjectively with Diictodon feliceps by Brink (1986) and Sullivan and Reisz (2005); it was considered a nomen dubium by Kammerer et al. (2011).
Storthyggognathus was named by Janensch (1952). Its type is Storthyggognathus haughtoni.

It was corrected as Storthyggnathus by King (1988); it was misspelled as Storthyggnathus by Carroll (1988); it was synonymized subjectively with Emydops by King and Rubidge (1993).

It was assigned to Anomodontia by Janensch (1952); to Pristerodontidae by Carroll (1988); and to Dicynodontia by King (1988).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Oudenodon megalorhinus Broom
1912	Emydops Broom
1913	Dicynodon megalorhinus Broom
1913	Emydops Broom
1917	Emydops platyceps Broom and Haughton
1921	Emydopsis Broom
1940	Oudenodon megalorhinus Broom
1948	Dicynodon pseudojouberti Boonstra
1952	Storthyggognathus Janensch p. 218
1981	Diictodon pseudojouberti Cluver and Hotton
1988	Emydops Carroll
1988	Storthyggnathus Carroll
1988	Diictodon pseudojouberti King
1988	Emydops King
1988	Storthyggnathus King
2009	Emydops Kammerer and Angielczyk
2011	Emydops Fröbisch and Reisz
2014	Emydops Angielczyk et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
order	Anomodontia	Owen 1859
order	Dicynodontia	()
superfamily	Emydopoidea	van Hoepen 1934
genus	Emydops

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. †Emydops Broom 1912

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†Emydops arctatus Owen 1876

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Invalid names: Dicynodon ictinops Broom 1921 [synonym], Emydops brachyops Broom 1905 [synonym], Emydops longus Broom 1921 [synonym], Emydops minimus Broom 1935 [synonym], Emydops minor Broom 1912 [synonym], Emydops parvus Broom 1921 [synonym]

†Emydops haughtoni Janensch 1952

†Emydops oweni Fröbisch and Reisz 2008

Invalid names: Dicynodon megalorhinus Broom 1904 [nomen dubium], Diictodon pseudojouberti Boonstra 1948 [nomen dubium], Emydops platyceps Broom and Haughton 1917 [nomen dubium], Emydopsis Broom 1921 [synonym], Storthyggnathus Janensch 1952 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Diet:

herbivoreg

Created:

2009-01-03 20:47:37

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:47:37

Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (27 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Guadalupian	273.01 - 259.51	South Africa (Western Cape)	Opisthoctenodon brachyops, Dicynodon pseudojouberti (177007)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	South Africa (Western Cape)	Dicynodon megalorhinus (89650 176247) Dicynodon pseudojouberti (86388 176248 176355 198723) Pristerodon brachyops, Dicynodon pseudojouberti (179623)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	South Africa (Northern Cape)	Dicynodon pseudojouberti (181072)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian	264.28 - 254.17	South Africa (Western Cape)	Oudenodon megalorhinus, Dicynodon pseudojouberti (177588)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	South Africa (Western Cape)	Dicynodon ictinops (176923) E. minor (86282 86285 86299 175565) E. sp. (190331) E. sp., E. platyceps (171377)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	South Africa (Northern Cape)	Emydopsis longus, Storthyggognathus haughtoni (174666) Emydopsis minimus (178870)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Zambia	E. sp. (184599 184600 184663 184670)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	E. minimus (174734) E. oweni (114631)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	South Africa (Eastern cape)	E. parvus (180787)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian	259.9 - 252.17	South Africa (Western Cape)	Dicynodon ictinops (80176)