Object Details
- Geologic Age
- Mesozoic - Triassic - Early - Cynognathus zone
- Record Last Modified
- 17 Oct 2024
- Skeletal Morphology
- Skeleton. Complete Skeleton. NA. Partially articulated
- Stratigraphy
- Burgersdorp Fm
- Collection Date
- 1961
- Collector
- James W. Kitching
- Place
- Cape Prov, South Africa
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- Paleogeneral
- Reptiles/Amphibians
- Synapsida Taxonomic
- Paleobiology
- Published Name
- Diademodon tetragonus Seeley, 1894
- Diademodon mastacus Brink, 1979
- Data Source
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
- USNM Number
- V23352
- Type Citation
- Hotton, N. 1991. Origins Of The Higher Groups Of Tetrapods. f.6,p.627,f.21.
- Taxonomy
- Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Therapsida Cynodontia Diademodontidae
- Record ID
- nmnhpaleobiology_3450132
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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