Eosimops

Name: Eosimops.
Phonetic: E-os-sim-ops.
Named By: Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1921.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Anomodontia,‭ ‬Dicynodontia.
Species: E.‭ ‬newtoni (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: About 34 centimetres long.
Known locations: South Africa.
Time period: Mid Permian.
Fossil representation: ‭R‬emains of several individuals including skull and post cranial skeletal remains.

       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 D.‭ ‬Angielczyk‭ & ‬Bruce S.‭ ‬Rubidge‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.

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