Anomocephalus africanus Modesto et al. 1999 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia

Full reference: S. Modesto, B. Rubidge, and J. Welman. 1999. The most basal anomodont therapsid and the primacy of Gondwana in the evolution of anomodonts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 266:331-337

Belongs to Anomocephalus according to J. C. Cisneros et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BP/1/5582, a partial skull (Right side of skull). Its type locality is Farm Vleikraal (Lower), which is in a Wordian terrestrial mudstone in South Africa.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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