†Keratocephalus moloch von Huene 1931 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Tapinocephalidae

Synonym: Pelosuchus priscus Broom

Belongs to Keratocephalus according to von Huene 1931

See also Boonstra 1969 and Broom 1913

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Keratocephalus moloch: Its type locality is Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa
  • Pelosuchus priscus: Its type locality is Bokfontein, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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