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Kannemeyeria simocephala
Taxonomy
Dicynodon simocephalus was named by Weithofer (1888). Its type specimen is NMW 8178, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dwarsvlaei, Aliwal North, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.
It was recombined as Kannemeyeria simocephalus by Broom (1913); it was recombined as Kannemeyeria simocephala by King (1988) and Kammerer et al. (2011).
It was recombined as Kannemeyeria simocephalus by Broom (1913); it was recombined as Kannemeyeria simocephala by King (1988) and Kammerer et al. (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Dicynodon simocephalus Weithofer |
| 1899 | Dicynodon latifrons Broom |
| 1911 | Sagecephalus pachyrhynchus Jaekel |
| 1913 | Dicynodon pachyrhynchus Broom |
| 1913 | Kannemeyeria simocephalus Broom |
| 1932 | Kannemeyeria latifrons Broom |
| 1937 | Kannemeyeria wilsoni Broom p. 308 fig. 8 |
| 1988 | Kannemeyeria simocephala King |
| 2011 | Kannemeyeria simocephala Kammerer 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.
†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
No diagnoses are available