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
Temporal range: Late Permian
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
Synonyms
  • Dicynodon sunanensis Li, Cheng, and Li, 2000
  • Striodon magnus Sun, 1978

References

  1. 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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