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Diictodon

Anomodontia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Diictodon Broom
1975Anomodon Keyser p. 74
1988Anomodon Carroll
1988Diictodon Carroll
1988Diictodon King
2008Diictodon Li and Sun p. 382
2009Diictodon Kammerer and Angielczyk
2014Diictodon Angielczyk et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
Pylaecephalidae()
genusDiictodon

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. †Diictodon Broom 1913
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Diictodon feliceps Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Dicynodon broomi Broili and Schröder 1937 [synonym], Dicynodon gamkaensis Broom 1937 [synonym], Dicynodon nanus Broom 1936 [synonym], Dicynodon parvidens Owen 1876 [synonym], Diictodon galeops Broom 1913 [synonym], Diictodon grimbeeki Broom 1935 [synonym], Diictodon grossharthi Broili and Schröder 1937 [synonym], Diictodon haughtonianus Huene 1931 [synonym], Diictodon ictidops Broom 1913 [synonym], Diictodon jouberti Broom 1905 [synonym], Diictodon macrorhynchus Broom 1921 [synonym], Diictodon palustris Broom 1913 [synonym], Diictodon psittacops Broom 1912 [synonym], Diictodon rubidgei Broom 1932 [synonym], Diictodon sesoma Watson 1960 [synonym], Diictodon sollasi Broom 1921 [synonym], Diictodon testudirostris Broom and Haughton 1913 [synonym], Diictodon tienshanensis Sun 1973 [synonym], Diictodon vanderhorsti Toerien 1953 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anomodon Keyser 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:47:24
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:47:24
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 265.10000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 252.17South Africa D. sp. (190082)
Permian298.9 - 252.17South Africa (Karoo Basin) D. sp. (188672)
Guadalupian272.3 - 259.9South Africa (Western Cape) Dicynodon jouberti (177007)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9South Africa (Northern Cape) D. feliceps (176246)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9South Africa (Western Cape) Dicynodon antjiesfonteinensis, Dicynodon vanderhorsti (174746) Dicynodon gamkaensis (176758) Dicynodon jouberti (86388 92645 176244 176355 179623) Dicynodon jouberti, Dicynodon haughtonianus (89650) Dicynodon vanderhorsti (178115) D. sp., Dicynodon broomi, Dicynodon grossarthi (31777)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Dicynodon jouberti (177588) Dicynodon psittacops, Dicynodon feliceps, Dicynodon ictidops, Dicynodon sollasi (176922)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17South Africa D. sp. (22662)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Dicynodon ictidops (174734) Dicynodon nanus (144272 174626) Dicynodon nanus, Dicynodon ictidops (176339 179335 180807 180878) Dicynodon rubidgei (80826 174717) Dicynodon sollasi (171384) D. galeops (181090)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Zambia (Muchinga) D. feliceps (224360)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Dicynodon jouberti (178870) Dicynodon psittacops, Dicynodon sollasi (174666 178478) D. sp. (188979 190568)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Dicynodon feliceps (175565) Dicynodon psittacops, Dicynodon grimbeeki, Dicynodon sollasi (178803) Dicynodon psittacops, Dicynodon sollasi (176357) Dicynodon testudirostris (171377) D. galeops (86276 86278 86279 86280 86282 86285 86286 86296 86297 86298 86299 86300 86301 86302) D. sp. (190045 190331) D. sp., Dicynodon grimbeeki (22661)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Graaff-Reinet) Dicynodon parvidens (171378)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Zambia Dicynodon grimbeeki, Dicynodon sollasi (184599) D. feliceps (184600 184672 184673 184674 184675 184676)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Free State) D. sp. (188676)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Dicynodon feliceps (174747) Dicynodon macrorhynchus, Emydorhynchus palustris (80219) Dicynodon nanus (80174 176917) Dicynodon nanus, Dicynodon ictidops (80216 174663)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Xinjiang) Dicynodon tienshanensis (178202)