Biology:Synostocephalus

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Short description: Extinct genus of dicynodonts

Synostocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Synapsida
Order:
Therapsida
Suborder:
Anomodontia
Infraorder:
Dicynodontia
Family:
?Eumantellidae
Genus:
Synostocephalus

Synostocephalus is an extinct genus of dicynodont from late Permian South Africa and Zimbabwe.[1] It is possibly a member of Eumantellidae.[2]

References

  1. Munyikwa, Darlington (2001). Cranial morphology of a primitive dinocephalian from the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Zimbabwe (MSc). University of the Witwatersrand.
  2. Cluver, Michael A.; King, Gillian M. (1983). "A reassessment of the relationships of Permian Dicynodontia (Reptilia, Therapsida) and a new classification of dicynodonts". Annals of the South African Museum 91 (3): 195–273. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/74602. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7662616 entry