Friday 22 November 2013

Delphinognathus conocephalus

This Tapinocephalian is known from a single weathered skull from the Karoo beds of South Africa. It might be a juvenile of Moschops.

Name
Delphinognathus conocephalus
Authority
Seeley, 1892
Meaning of generic name
Dolphin jaw
Meaning of specific name
Cone head
Size
Skull length: 31 cm, Length: ? 2 m
Remains
Holotype: a single weathered partial skull.
Age and Distribution
Horizon: Tapinocephalus assemblage zone, Lower beaufort beds, Middle Permian (Capitanian).

Type locality: Beaufort West, Karoo basin, South Africa.
Classification
Synapsida Therapsida Dinocephalia Tapinocephalia Tapinocephalidae
Further Reading
Seeley, H. G., 1892. On Delphinognathus conocephalus (Seeley) from the Middle Karoo Beds, Cape Colony, preserved in the South African Museum, Capetown: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 48, p. 466-475.
Synonyms
Moschops?

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