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Brachyprosopus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39079https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39079
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Brachyprosopus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
-AnomodontiaOwen 1859
-Chainosauria
-Dicynodontia
genusBrachyprosopusOlson 1937
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Brachyprosopusgenusbelongs to Anomodontiastated without evidenceOlson, 1937
Brachyprosopusgenussubjective synonym of Brachyuraniscusstated with evidenceBoonstra, 1969
Brachyprosopusgenusbelongs to DicynodontiaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Brachyprosopusgenusbelongs to Dicynodontiastated with evidenceAngielczyk et al., 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance269 - 260 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance265 - 260 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Dicynodontia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. C. Olson. 1937. The skull structure of a new anomodont. Journal of Geology 45(8):851-858

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Brachyprosopus broomi
species
listed (PBDB)6269 Ma
Permian
265 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1937Brachyprosopus Olson p. 851
1975Chelydontops Cluver
1988Brachyprosopus Carroll
1988Chelydontops King
2009Chelydontops Kammerer and Angielczyk
2016Brachyprosopus Angielczyk et al.

References

Olson E. C. (1937) The skull structure of a new anomodont, Journal of Geology 45 8, 851-858
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
King G. M. (1988) Anomodontia, Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology, 1-174
Kammerer C. F., Angielczyk K. D. (2009) A proposed higher taxonomy of anomodont therapsids, Zootaxa 2018, 1-24
Angielczyk K. D., Rubidge B. S., et al (2016) A reevaluation of Brachyprosopus broomi and Chelydontops altidentalis, dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo Basin, South Africa, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1078342 doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1078342
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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