Emyduranus

Name: Emyduranus.
Phonetic: Em-e-du-ray-nus.
Named By: Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1921.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Dicynodontia.
Species: E.‭ ‬platyops‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable
Known locations: South Africa‭ ‬-‭ ‬Teekloof Formation.
Time period: Wuchiapingian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: ‭Partial remains.

       Emyduranus is a genus of non-mammalian synapsid that lived in South Africa during the Permian.

Further reading
-‭ ‬On some new genera and species of anomodont reptiles from the Karroo beds of South Africa.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London‭ ‬647-674.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1921.



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