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Brachyprosopus

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Brachyprosopus was named by Olson (1937).

It was synonymized subjectively with Brachyuraniscus by Boonstra (1969).

It was assigned to Anomodontia by Olson (1937); to Dicynodontia by Carroll (1988); and to Dicynodontia by Angielczyk et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Brachyprosopus Olson p. 851
1975Chelydontops Cluver
1988Brachyprosopus Carroll
1988Chelydontops King
2009Chelydontops Kammerer and Angielczyk
2016Brachyprosopus Angielczyk et al.

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

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. †Brachyprosopus Olson 1937
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Brachyprosopus broomi Olson 1937
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Invalid names: Chelydontops altidentalis Cluver 1975 [synonym]
Invalid names: Chelydontops Cluver 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. C. Olson 1937kull broader than long. Parietal region broad, temporal arches much expanded. Pineal opening large. Parietal bones long and narrow, preparietal large and rectangular, lacrimals large with single large lacrimal foramen, nasals restricted posteriorly.
Occipital condyle composed largely of basioccipital. Prootics small with shallow pro6tic incisure. Internal auditory meatus high and narrow. Secondary palate small.
Dentition confined to maxillaries, consisting of single, large, recurved canine and six or seven small, conical molars in oblique row back of canine.