Euptychognathus

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Euptychognathus
Temporal range: Late Permian
~259–254  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Anomodontia
Clade: Dicynodontia
Family: Lystrosauridae
Genus: Euptychognathus
Kammerer et al. 2011
Type species
E. bathyrhynchus
(von Huene 1942)
Other species
  • Euptychognathus kingae [1]
    Kammerer et al., 2025

Euptychognathus is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid. [2] The type species E. bathyrhynchus was first named in 1942 as Dicynodon bathyrhynchus. Fossils of the genus have been recovered from the Usili Formation of the Ruhuhu Basin in Tanzania.

Artist's interpretation of Euptychognathus kingae Euptychognathus kingae 1 DB.jpg
Artist's interpretation of Euptychognathus kingae
Size of Euptychognathus kingae, based on NHMUK PV R 37005 Euptychognathus kingae scale.svg
Size of Euptychognathus kingae, based on NHMUK PV R 37005

References

  1. Kammerer, Christian F.; Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Fröbisch, Jörg (2025-08-07). "Permian origins of the Lystrosauridae (Therapsida: Dicynodontia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 45 (sup1). doi:10.1080/02724634.2025.2451813. ISSN   0272-4634.
  2. Kammerer, C.F.; Angielczyk, K.D.; Fröbisch, J. (2011). "A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (Suppl. 1): 1–158. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31S...1K. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.627074. S2CID   84987497.