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Daptocephalus

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Anomodontia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Therapsid

Class
  
Synapsida

Infraorder
  
Dicynodontia

Rank
  
Genus

Daptocephalus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Species
  
Daptocephalus leonicepsOwen, 1876

Similar
  
Cistecephalus, Dinanomodon, Pelanomodon, Oudenodon, Aulacephalodon

Daptocephalus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid anomodont dicynodont, it which was found in Late Permian strata, in a biozone knwon precissely for the presence of fossils of this dicynodont, the Daptocephalus Zone, in the Karoo Basin in South Africa. It may also represent an amphibian.

References

Daptocephalus Wikipedia


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