Tropidostoma

Trop-i-do-sto-mah.
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Nisha Yadav

Physicist

Nisha Yadav is a dedicated physicist whose work bridges the gap between physics and paleontology. With a deep interest in the processes that preserve ancient life, she explores how physical principles govern fossilization and the preservation of extinct species.

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Name

Tropidostoma.

Phonetic

Trop-i-do-sto-mah.

Named By

Harry Govier Seeley‭ ‬-‭ ‬1889.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Dicynodontia,‭ ‬Oudenodontidae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

T.‭ ‬microtrema‭

Size

Skull roughly about 19 centimetres long.

Known locations

South Africa‭ ‬-‭ ‬Teekloof Formation.

Time Period

Capitanian of the Permian.

Fossil representation

Partial remains of a few individuals.

In Depth

       Tropidostoma is a genus of dicynodont therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Permian.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Researches on the Structure,‭ ‬Organisation,‭ ‬and Classification of the Fossil Reptilia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬VI.‭ ‬On the Anomodont Reptilia and Their Allies.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London,‭ ‬Series B‭ ‬180:215-296.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Harry Govier Seeley‭ ‬-‭ ‬1889. – On the anomodont genera, Pristerodon and Tropidostoma. – In Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Vol. 1915, pp. 355-361). – R. Broom – 1915. – A re-evaluation of the genus Tropidostoma Seeley. – A. W. Keyser – 1973.

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