Tapinocaninus pamelae

This large plant-eating therapsid is one of the earliest tapinocephalian known from South Africa.

Name

Tapinocaninus pamelae

Authority

Rubidge, 1991

Meaning of generic name

Humble canine

Size

Skull length: 50 cm , Length: 3 m

Remains

Holotype (NMQR 2987): Skull and mandible.

Paratypes: NMQR 2985 (skull and mandible); NMQR 2986 (skull and mandible), ROZ K95 (skull and mandible).

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Eodicynodon zone, at the base of the Beaufort Group (Ufimian-Kazanian age), Middle permian (Wordian).

Type locality: Modderdrift farm, prince Albert, South Africa.

Classification

Synapsida Therapsida Dinocephalia Tapinocephalia Tapinocephalidae

Further Reading

Rubidge, B. S., 1991, A new Primitive Dinocephalian Mammal-Like Reptile from the Permian of Southern Africa: Palaeontology v. 34, part 3, p. 547-559.