Turfanodon
Turfanodon is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid from the Late Permian of China. Originally named in 1978, Turfanodon was reclassified as a junior synonym of the related Dicynodon in 1988 and remained so for over two decades before the genus was reinstated in 2011 in a revision of the taxonomy of Dicynodon by palaeontologist Christian Kammerer. Turfanodon was a relatively large dicynodont, and similar in appearance to the related Daptocephalus from South Africa.[1]
Turfanodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
Infraorder: | †Dicynodontoidea |
Genus: | †Turfanodon Sun, 1973 |
Species: | †T. bogdaensis |
Binomial name | |
†Turfanodon bogdaensis Sun, 1973 | |
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References
- Kammerer, C.F.; Angielczyk, K.D.; Fröbisch, J. (2011). "A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (Suppl. 1): 1–158. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.627074.
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