Dicynodon trautscholdi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Synapsida Order: Therapsida Suborder: Anomodontia Infraorder: Dicynodontia Family: Dicynodontidae Genus: Dicynodon Owen, 1845
Species
D. bolorhinus D. lacerticeps D. leoniceps D. leontops D. lissops D. osborni D. plateceps D. trautscholdi D. whaitsi Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Orders & Suborders Order Pelycosauria * Suborder Caseasauria Suborder Eupelycosauria * Order Therapsida * Suborder Biarmosuchia Suborder Dinocephalia Suborder Anomodontia Suborder Gorgonopsia Suborder Therocephalia Suborder Cynodontia * For complete phylogeny, see text. ... Suborders Biarmosuchia Dinocephalia Eotheriodontia Anomodontia Gorgonopsia Therocephalia Cynodontia Therapsids, previously known as the mammal-like reptiles, are an order of synapsids. ... Groups Anomocephalus Patranomodon Venyukoviidae Dromasauria Dicynodontia The Anomodontia are one of the three major groups of Therapsids. ... Dicynodonta is a taxon within the Therapsids or mammal-like reptiles. ... Sir Richard Owen KCB (July 20, 1804–December 18, 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Binomial name Dicynodon trautscholdi Amalitskii, 1922 Dicynodon trautscholdi is a species of large Dicynodont, whose fossil remains have been found at Sokoli on the Dvina River near Archangelsk in Russia. ...

Dicynodon ("Two Dog-teeth") is a type of herbivorous mammal-like reptile that flourished during the Permian Period. This animal was toothless, except for prominent tusks, hence the name. It probably cropped vegetation with a horny beak, much like a tortoise, while the tusks may have been used for digging up roots and tubers. A deer and two fawns feeding on some foliage A herbivore is often defined as any organism that eats only plants[1]. By that definition, many fungi, some bacteria, many animals, about 1% of flowering plants and some protists can be considered herbivores. ... Mammal-like reptiles is a term used to describe the prehistoric animals that appear to be the reptilian ancestors of mammals. ... The Permian is a geologic period that extends from about 299. ... A geologic period is a subdivision of geologic time that divides an era into smaller timeframes. ...

Dicynodon was a medium- to largish-sized and advanced member of the Dicynodont group. It had an average length of 1.2 meters, although size differed among species. Its fossil remains have been found in sediments of latest Permian age in South Africa, Tanzania, Russia, and China.

The type species is Dicynodon lacerticeps Owen, 1845. A large number of species have since been placed in this genus, some of which turned out to be synonyms of other species, others have been moved to different genera. Type specimens When a new species is discovered, more important than creating a new and unique name for the species is developing a reasonably detailed description. ...

Dicynodon may be the ancestor of the Triassic genus Kannemeyeria, and hence of most of the Triassic dicynodonts. Kannemeyeria was a large dicynodont of the family Kannemeyeriidae, one of the first representatives of the family, and hence one of the first herbivores of the Triassic. ...

References

• Kenneth D. Angielczyk and Andrey A. Kurkin, Phylogenetic analysis of Russian Permian dicynodonts (Therapsida: Anomodontia): implications for Permian biostratigraphy and Pangaean biogeography, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Volume 139 Issue 2 pp.157−212 October 2003
• Lucas, S. G., 2005, Dicynodon (Reptilia: Therapsida) from the Upper Permian of Russia: biochronologic significance: In: The Nonmarine Permian; edited by Lucas, S. G., and Zeigler, K. E., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 30, p. 192-196.

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society is a academic journal published by Blackwell Publishing Limited. ... Spencer G. Lucas is a paleontologist and stratigrapher, and curator of paleontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. ...

See also

• Dicynodont

Dicynodonta is a taxon within the Therapsids or mammal-like reptiles. ...

External links

• Dicynodon
• Dicynodon - Mikko's Phyogeny archive (list of species and cladogram)