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Pelanomodon

Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae

Taxonomy

Pelanomodon was named by Broom (1938).

It was assigned to Anomodontia by Broom (1948); to Pelanomodontini by King (1988); and to Geikiinae by Kammerer and Angielczyk (2009).

Species

P. moschops (syn. P. rubidgei, P. kitchingi, Dicynodon sidneyi, Dicynodon tylorhinus, Propelanomodon devilliersi, P. halli)

Synonyms

Propelanomodon was named by Toerien (1955).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pelanomodon by Kammerer et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Anomodontia by Toerien (1955); and to Cryptodontia by Kammerer et al. (2011).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1938	Pelanomodon Broom
1948	Pelanomodon Broom
1955	Propelanomodon Toerien
1988	Pelanomodon King
2009	Pelanomodon Kammerer and Angielczyk
2011	Propelanomodon Kammerer et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
order	Anomodontia	Owen 1859
family	Cryptodontidae	()
genus	Pelanomodon

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pelanomodon Broom 1938

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†Pelanomodon moschops Broom 1913

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Invalid names: Dicynodon sidneyi Broom 1940 [synonym], Dicynodon tylorhinus Broom 1913 [synonym], Pelanomodon halli Broom 1950 [synonym], Pelanomodon rubidgei Broom 1938 [synonym], Propelanomodon devilliersi Toerien 1955 [synonym]

Invalid names: Propelanomodon Toerien 1955 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Diet:

herbivoreo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:33:20

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:33:20

Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	South Africa (Northern Cape)	P. moschops (178523)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian	259.9 - 252.17	South Africa (Western Cape)	P. halli (80176)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian	259.9 - 252.17	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	Dicynodon moschops (174663) Dicynodon sidneyi (80226 176330) Dicynodon tylorhinus, Propelanomodon devilliersi (176312) P. halli (180678) P. kitchingi (177563) P. moschops (80174 174741) P. rubidgei (114905 179588)