Eurychororhinus

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Eurychororhinus
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Eurychororhinus

Broili & Schroder, 1935
Type species
Eurychororhinus boonstrai
Broili & Schroder, 1935

Eurychororhinus is a dubious[1] genus of dicynodont from the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo Basin, South Africa,[2] and Zimbabwe.[3] It is possibly synonymous with Pristerodon.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Cluver, Michael A.; King, Gillian M. (1983). "A reassessment of the relationships of Permian Dicynodontia (Reptilia, Therapsida) and a new classification of dicynodonts". Annals of the South African Museum. 91 (3): 195–273.
  2. ^ Broili, F.; Schroeder, J. (1935). "Beobachtungen an Wirbeltieren der Karooformation. XII. Uber einige primitive Anomodontier-Schadel aus den unteren Beaufort-Schichten". S.B. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 1935: 223–278.
  3. ^ Mnyikwa, Darlington (2001). Cranial morphology of a primitive dinocephalian from the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Zimbabwe (MSc). University of the Witwatersrand.