Thursday 28 November 2013

Kingoria nowacki

Name
Kingoria nowacki
Authority
(von Huene, 1942) Cox, 1959
Meaning of generic name
From the village of Kingori
Meaning of specific name
In honor of geologist E. Nowack
Size
Skull length: 15 cm Body Length: 60 cm
Remains
Several skulls and postcranial elements.
Age and Distribution
Horizon: Lower Bone-Bearing Series, Upper Permian (equivalent to Cistecephalus zone).

Locality: Ruhuhu Valley, Tanzania.
Classification
Anomonodontia Dicynodontia Diictodontia Kingoriidae
Further Reading
Cox, C. B., 1959. On the anatomy of a new dicynodont genus with evidence of the position of the tympanum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 132: 32 1-367.
Synonyms
Dicynodon nowacki von Huene, 1942

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