Patranomodon Rubidge and Hopson 1990 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia

Full reference: B. S. Rubidge and J. A. Hopson. 1990. A new anomodont therapsid from South Africa and its bearing on the ancestry of Dicynodontia. South African Journal of Science 86:43-45

Parent taxon: Chainosauria according to J. Fröbisch and R. R. Reisz 2011

See also Kammerer and Angielczyk 2009 and Rubidge and Hopson 1990

Sister taxa: Galechirus, Galeops, Galepus

Subtaxa: Patranomodon nyaphulii

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Type: Patranomodon nyaphulii

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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