Ufudocyclops

Uf-oo-do-sy-klops.
By Maeve Foster
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Maeve Foster

Paleoclimatologist

Maeve Foster explores the Earth's climatic past to understand the forces that shaped life on our planet. Her research into ancient climate events provides valuable context for current environmental challenges.

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Foster, M. (2013, August 15). Ufudocyclops. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/ufudocyclops/

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Name

Ufudocyclops.

Phonetic

Uf-oo-do-sy-klops.

Named By

Christian F.‭ ‬Kammerer,‭ ‬Pia A.‭ ‬Viglietti,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬John Hancox,‭ ‬Richard J.‭ ‬Butler‭ & ‬Jonah N.‭ ‬Choiniere‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Dicynodontia,‭ ‬Stahleckeriidae,‭ ‬Stahleckeriinae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

U.‭ ‬mukanelai‭

Size

‭L‬arger skulls up to‭ ‬35‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

South Africa‭ ‬-‭ ‬Burgersdorp Formation.

Time Period

Middle Triassic.

Fossil representation

Skulls and a lower jaw.

In Depth

       Ufudocyclops is a genus of dicynodont therapsid that lived in Southern Africa during the mid Triassic.‭ ‬Remains of several skulls of Ufudocyclops are known and these suggest that Ufudocyclops not only lacked tusks,‭ ‬but was completely toothless.‭ ‬Instead of teeth,‭ ‬Ufudocyclops seems to have had a‭ ‬large keratinous beak that was used to shear through plants.‭ ‬Rugose patterning upon the skull‭ ‬of Ufudocyclops supports this assessment as these would have been were the keratin grew from.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new kannemeyeriiform dicynodont‭ (‬Ufudocyclops mukanelai,‭ ‬gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.‭) ‬from Subzone C of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone,‭ ‬Triassic of South Africa,‭ ‬with implications for biostratigraphic correlation with other African Triassic Faunas.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Christian F.‭ ‬Kammerer,‭ ‬Pia A.‭ ‬Viglietti,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬John Hancox,‭ ‬Richard J.‭ ‬Butler‭ & ‬Jonah N.‭ ‬Choiniere‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

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