Daptocephalus
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
Daptocephalus Temporal range:
Changhsingian
Articulated D. leoniceps skeleton (USNM 23354), National Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade :
Synapsida
Clade :
Therapsida
Suborder:
† Anomodontia
Clade :
† Dicynodontia
Infraorder:
† Dicynodontoidea
Genus:
† Daptocephalus van Hoepen, 1934
Type species
† Daptocephalus leoniceps
Species
† D. leoniceps Owen, 1876 † D. huenei Haughton, 1932
Synonyms
Rhachinocephalodon leoniceps (Owen, 1876)
Daptocephalus leontops Broom, 1913
Daptocephalus lissops Broom, 1913
Daptocephalus osborni Broom, 1921
Daptocephalus watsoni Broom ,1921
Dicynodon daptocephaloides Toerien, 1955
Dicynodon ingens Broom, 1907 [ 1] Dicynodon leontocephalus Broom, 1950
Dicynodon leontops Broom, 1913
Dicynodon lissops Broom, 1913
Dicynodon osborni Broom, 1921
Dicynodon watsoni Broom, 1921
D. leoniceps skull, Natural History Museum, Berlin Daptocephalus genus of dicynodont synapsid , which was found in Late Permian strata, in a biozone known precisely for the presence of fossils of this dicynodont, the Daptocephalus Assemblage ZoneKaroo Basin in South Africa .[ 2] [ 3] D. huenei Usili Formation in Tanzania and was formerly assigned to the genus Dicynodon type specimen belonged to Daptocephalus .[ 4]
See also
References
^ Groenewald, D. P.; Kammerer, C. F. (2023). "Re-identification and updated stratigraphic context of the holotypes of the late Permian tetrapods Dicynodon ingens and Scymnosaurus warreni from KwaZulu-Natal". Palaeontologia africana . 56 : 171– 179. hdl :10539/37143 ^ Viglietti, P. A., Smith, R. M., Angielczyk, K. D., Kammerer, C. F., Fröbisch, J., & Rubidge, B. S. (2016). The Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone (Lopingian), South Africa: a proposed biostratigraphy based on a new compilation of stratigraphic ranges . Journal of African Earth Sciences , 113, 153-164.
^ R. F. Ewer. The anatomy of the anomodont Daptocephalus leoniceps (owen) . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. doi 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1961.tb05881.x
^ Christian F. Kammerer (2019). "Revision of the Tanzanian dicynodont Dicynodon huenei (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the Permian Usili Formation" . PeerJ . 7 : e7420. doi :10.7717/peerj.7420 PMC 6708577 PMID 31497385 .
