Digalodon

Digalodon Temporal range: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone?
Scientific 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]

See also

• List of therapsids

References

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.
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 .