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Brachyprosopus
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).
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
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Brachyprosopus Olson p. 851 |
| 1975 | Chelydontops Cluver |
| 1988 | Brachyprosopus Carroll |
| 1988 | Chelydontops King |
| 2009 | Chelydontops Kammerer and Angielczyk |
| 2016 | Brachyprosopus Angielczyk et al. |
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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. †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
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. C. Olson 1937 | kull 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. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wordian - Capitanian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | B. broomi (176347) | |
| Capitanian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | B. broomi (89626) | |
| Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | B. broomi (13004 93096 93100) Chelydontops altidentalis (176349) |