A reevaluation of Brachyprosopus broomi and Chelydontops altidentalis , dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo Basin, South Africa

• Main Authors: Angielczyk, Kenneth D., Rubidge, Bruce S., Day, Michael O., Lin, Florence
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
• Subjects: Biophysics; Pharmacology; Evolutionary Biology; FOS Biological sciences; 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Ecology; Developmental Biology; Fossa; karelsk*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.2074408; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_reevaluation_of_i_Brachyprosopus_broomi_i_and_i_Chelydontops_altidentalis_i_dicynodonts_Therapsida_Anomodontia_from_the_middle_Permian_i_Tapinocephalus_i_Assemblage_Zone_of_the_Karoo_Basin_South_Africa/2074408/1

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...