A Reevaluation of Brachyprosopus broomi and Chelydontops altidentalis, Dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo Basin, South Africa

• Published in: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
• Main Authors: Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Bruce S. Rubidge, Michael O. Day, Florence Lin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2016
• Subjects: Fossa; karelsk*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2016.1078342

Brachyprosopus broomi was described in 1937 based on a specimen from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone (Karoo Basin, South Africa), but it was largely overlooked by subsequent workers. We have identified several new specimens that show that Brachyprosopus is a valid taxon. An autapomorphy for the t...