Digalodon

Digalodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Anomodontia
Clade: Dicynodontia
Genus: Digalodon
Broom & Robinson, 1948
Species:
D. rubidgei
Binomial name
Digalodon rubidgei
Broom and Robinson, 1948

Digalodon is an extinct genus of kistecephalian dicynodont, known from the Karoo Basin of South Africa and the Upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of Zambia.[1] Originally given a sparse description in 1948,[2] for a time it was considered synonymous with other dicynodonts as a small juvenile individual of a larger genus, such as Aulacephalodon[3] or Dicynodontoides;[4] however it has since been recognized as a distinct species.[5]

  1. ^ Angielczyk, Kennth D. (2019). "First occurrence of the dicynodont Digalodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Lopingian upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Luangwa Basin, Zambia". Palaeontologia Africana. 53: 219–225. ISSN 2410-4418.
  2. ^ Broom, R.; Robinson, J.T. (1948). "Some new fossil reptiles from the Karoo Beds of South Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 118 (2): 392–407. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1948.tb00384.x.
  3. ^ King, G.M. (1988). "Anomodontia". In Wellnhofer, P. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer. ISBN 0895742500.
  4. ^ Brink, A.S. (1986). Illustrated bibliographic catalogue of the Synapsida. Geological Survey of South Africa Handbook. Vol. 10. Pretoria. ISBN 0621117889.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Kammerer, C.F.; Angielczyk, K.D.; Fröbisch, J. (2015). "Redescription of Digalodon rubidgei, an emydopoid dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Late Permian of South Africa". Fossil Record. 18 (1): 43–55. Bibcode:2015FossR..18...43K. doi:10.5194/fr-18-43-2015.