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.