†Syops vanhoepeni Boonstra 1938 (dicynodont)
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Alternative combination: Dicynodon vanhoepeni
Synonym: Dicynodon roberti Boonstra 1938
Full reference: L. D. Boonstra. 1938. A report on some Karroo reptiles from the Luangwa Valley, Northern Rhodesia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 94(1-4):371-384
Belongs to Syops according to C. F. Kammerer et al. 2011
See also Boonstra 1938 and Brink 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Syops vanhoepeni: SAM-PK-11311, a partial skull
- Dicynodon roberti: SAM-PK-11325B, a partial skull. Its type locality is Drysdall & Kitching locality 5, Upper Luangwa Valley, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial mudstone in the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of Zambia.
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Tanzania (1 collection), Zambia (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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