Struthiocephalus whaitsi Haughton 1915 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Tapinocephalidae

Synonyms: Moschosaurus longicesps Haughton 1915, Struthiocephalellus parvus Boonstra 1955, Struthiocephalus akraalensis Boonstra 1952, Struthiocephalus kitchingi Brink 1958, Struthiocephalus milleri Olson and Broom 1937, Struthiocephalus rheederi Broom 1937

Belongs to Struthiocephalus according to Haughton 1915

See also Atayman et al. 2009, Boonstra 1969, Broom 1937 and Olson and Broom 1937

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Struthiocephalus whaitsi: Its type locality is Vivier, Beaufort West, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa
  • Moschosaurus longicesps: Its type locality is Farm La-de-da, which is in a Capitanian fluvial siliciclastic in South Africa.
  • Struthiocephalellus parvus: Its type locality is Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
  • Struthiocephalus akraalensis:
  • Struthiocephalus kitchingi: Bernard Price Institute, No. 284, a skull. Its type locality is De Bad farm, which is in a Capitanian dry floodplain mudstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
  • Struthiocephalus milleri: UC 1512, a skull. Its type locality is Stinkfontein, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
  • Struthiocephalus rheederi: Its type locality is Grantham, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences

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