Euptychognathus

Euptychognathus is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid.[1] 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.

Euptychognathus
Temporal range: Late Permian
~259–254 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Dicynodontia
Family: Lystrosauridae
Genus: Euptychognathus
Kammerer et al. 2011
Type species
E. bathyrhynchus
(von Huene 1942)

References

  1. 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.627074.


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