In Depth Kombuisia is a genus of dicynodont that lived during the Triassic. The first fossil remains of Kombuisia were found in South Africa, but a second species, K. antarctica, has now been discovered on the continent of Antarctica. Further Reading - A new dicynodont (Reptilia, Therapsida) from Cynognathus Zone deposits of South Africa. - … Read more
In Depth Australobarbarus is a genus of dicynodont therapsid that lived in Russia during the Late Permian. Further Reading - New dicynodonts from the Upper Permian of the Vyatka Basin. - Paleontological Journal 34(2):S203-S210. - A. A. Kurkin - 2000.
In Depth The holotype fossils of Rhachiocephalus were originally described as a species of Oudenodon, O. magnus, in 1876 by Richard Owen. It was later in 1898 that these fossils were re-described by Harry Govier Seeley as a new genus, Rhachiocephalus. Fossils of Rhachiocephalus are currently known from both South Africa and Tanzania. One Tanzanian … Read more
In Depth Geikia is a genus of dicynodont known to have lived during the latest stage of the Permian. Like other dicynodonts Geikia would have been a plant eater with two prominent tusks projecting down from the upper jaw. Further Reading - On some New Reptiles from the Elgin Sandstones. - Transactions of the Royal … Read more
In Depth Stahleckeria is a genus of very large dicynodont therapsid that lived in both South America and Africa. Like other dicynodonts, Stahleckeria was a herbivore that ate low growing vegetation. When fully grown Stahleckeria would have had few predators, though large rauisuchians would have still been a potential threat. Further Reading - Lieferung 1. … Read more
In Depth Originally described as a species of Dicynodon, Aulacephalodon is a genus of dicynodont therapsid that lived in Southern Africa towards the end of the Permian. At around one and a half meters long, Aulacephalodon was mid-sized for the type of animal that it was, and like its relatives, Aulacephalodon is known to have … Read more