Sinokannemeyeria

Sy-no-kan-ne-mey-re-ah.
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Name

Sinokannemeyeria ‭(‬Chinese Kannemeyeria‭)‬.

Phonetic

Sy-no-kan-ne-mey-re-ah.

Named By

C.-C.‭ ‬Young‭ ‬-‭ ‬1937.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Anomodontia,‭ ‬Dicynodontia,‭ ‬Kannemeyeriidae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

S.‭ ‬pearsoni‭

Size

About‭ ‬1.8‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ermaying Formation.

Time Period

Anisian of the Triassic.

Fossil representation

Several individuals.

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 of China‭ ‬17‭(‬3-4‭)‬:393-41.‭ ‬-‭ ‬C.-C.‭ ‬Young‭ ‬-‭ ‬1937. – New discoveries from the Sinokannemeyeria-Shansisuchus Assemblage Zone: 1. Kannemeyeriiformes from Shanxi, China. – Vertebrata PalAsiatica 53(1):16-28. – J. Liu – 2015.

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