Kannemeyeria
Extinct genus of dicynodonts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kannemeyeria is a genus of dicynodont that lived during the Anisian age of Middle Triassic period in what is now Africa and South America.[1] The generic name is given in honor of Daniel Rossouw Kannemeyer, the South African fossil collector who discovered the original specimen.[2] It is one of the first representatives of the family, and hence one of the first large herbivores of the Triassic.
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Skull of Kannemeyeria simocephalus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Anomodontia |
Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
Family: | †Kannemeyeriidae |
Genus: | †Kannemeyeria Seeley, 1908 |
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†Kannemeyeria proboscoides Seeley, 1908 (Junior synonym of K. simocephalus) | |
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