In Depth Synostocephalus is a genus of dicynodont therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Permian. Further Reading Further reading- �ber einige primitive Anomodontier-Sch�del aus den unteren Beaufort-Schichten. Ibidem Sitzber. Bayer. Ak. Wiss., Math.-Naturw. Abt 223-278. – F. Broili & J. Schroeder – 1935.
In Depth Newtonella is a genus of dicynodont that lived in South Africa during the Permian. Further Reading - A further contribution to our knowledge of the fossil reptiles of the Karroo. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107(3):299-318.- Robert Broom - 1937.
In Depth Brachyprosopus is a genus of anomodont therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Permian. Further Reading -The skull structure of a new anomodont. - Journal of Geology 45(8):851-858. - E. C. Olson - 1937. – A reevaluation of Brachyprosopus broomiand Chelydontops altidentalis, dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone … Read more
In Depth Currently represented by a partial skull, Ulemica is a genus of anomodont therapsid that lived in Russia Permian. Further Reading - Primitive anomodonts, venyukoviids, from the Late Permian of Eastern Europe. - Paleontological Journal 30: 575–582. - M. F. Ivakhnenko - 1996.
In Depth Eosimops is a genus of dicynodont therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Permian. Further Reading - Skeletal morphology, phylogenetic relationships and stratigraphic range of Eosimops newtoni Broom, 1921, a pylaecephalid dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Middle Permian of South Africa. - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology Volume 11, Issue 2 - Kenneth … Read more
In Depth Xiyukannemeyeria is a genus of dicynodont that lived in China during the Triassic. Further Reading - [A new material of kannemeyerid from Xinjiang and the restudy of Parakannemeyeria brevirostris]. - Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(2):147-156. - J. Liu & J.-L. Li - 2003.
In Depth Galeops is a genus dromasaurian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Late Permian. Further Reading - On some New Fossil Reptiles from the Permian and Triassic Beds of South Africa. Proceedings of the zoological Society London - Robert Broom - 1912.
In Depth Endothiodon is certainly one of the more interesting genera of dicynodont. First named in 1876 from fossils discovered in South Africa, Endothiodon is not only known from other African countries such as Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique, but the genus is also known from India in Asia, and now also Brazil in South America. … Read more
In Depth A relative of the genus Kannemeyeria, Sinokannemeyeria was a fairly large herbivore that lived during the Triassic. Two large tusks grew down from the upper jaw, and these were most probably used to dig out plants for eating. Further Reading - On the Triassic dicynodonts from Shansi. - Bulletin of the Geological Society … Read more
In Depth Patranomodon is one of the earliest known anomodonts, and is so primitive, it still had teeth. Later anomodonts such as dinocephalians would eventually lose all they teeth (except for some genera which retained a pair of large tusks) and develop horned beaks for cropping vegetation. Further Reading - A new anomodont therapsid from … Read more