Oudenodon Explained

Oudenodon is an extinct genus of dicynodont. It was common throughout southern Africa during the Late Permian. Several species of Oudenodon are known.^[1] Both O. bainii, the type species, and O. grandis are known from South Africa.^{[2] [3]} Specimens of O. luangwensis have been found from Zambia.^[4] One species, O. sakamenensis, is the only Permian therapsid yet described from Madagascar.^[5] It is the type genus of the family Oudenodontidae, which includes members such as Tropidostoma.

See also

• List of therapsids

References

• The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

External links

• Oudenodon in the Paleobiology Database

Notes and References

1. King, G. (1988). Anomodontia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17C:1-174.
2. Owen, R. (1860). On some reptilian fossils from South Africa. Quaternary Journal of the Geological Assotiation of South Africa 67:1-110.
3. Haughton, S. H. (1917). Investigations in South African fossil reptiles and Amphibia. Part 10. Descriptive catalogue of the Dicynodontia. Annals of the South African Museum 12:127-174.
4. Keyser, A. W. (1975). A re-evaluation of the cranial morphology and systematics of some tuskless Anomodontia. Memoir of the Geological Society of South Africa 67:1-110.
5. Mazin, J. M. and King, G. M. (1991). The first dicynodont from the Late Permian of Malagasy. Palaeontology 34:837–842.