- Dicynodontoides
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Dicynodontoides
Temporal range: Upper Permian
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata (unranked): Amniota Class: Synapsida Order: Therapsida Suborder: Anomodontia Infraorder: Dicynodontia Family: Kingoriidae Genus: Dicynodontoides
Broom, 1940Species - Dicynodontoides recurvidens (Owen, 1876)(type)
- Dicynodontoides nowacki (von Huene, 1942)
Synonyms - Kingoria Cox, 1979
Dicynodontoides is a genus of dicynodont from Upper Permian of South Africa, Tanzania and India. Kingoria, a junior synonym, has been used more widely in the literature, especially recently, than the more obscure Dicynodontoides and is less likely to be confused with the similar sounding, but distantly related Dicynodon.[1] Angielczyk et al suggest that it may be useful to petition the ICZN to suppress Dicynodontoides in favor of Kingoria.[1] Only two species are recognized: Dicynodontoides recurvidens from South Africa, and Dicynodontoides nowacki from Tanzania. A specimen found in India was not assigned a specific level.[2]
References
- ^ a b Angielczyk, K.D.; Sidor, C.A.; Nesbitt, S.J.; Smith, R.M.; Tsuji, L.A. (2009). "Taxonomic revision and new observations on the postcranial skeleton, biogeography, and biostratigraphy of the dicynodont genus Dicynodontoides, the senior subjective synonym of Kingoria (Therapsida, Anomodontia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (4): 1174–1187. doi:10.1671/039.029.0427.
- ^ Ray, S.; Bandyopadhyay, S. (2003). "Late Permian vertebrate community of the Pranhita-Godavari Valley, India". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 21: 643–654.
See also
- List of therapsids
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