- than
cistecephalids.
Cistecephalids showed a high
level of endemism, with each of the five
known species unique to a
single region.
Cistecephalids were...
-
other cistecephalids,
Kembawacela was
specialised for a fossorial,
burrowing lifestyle similar to
modern day moles. It is
unique amongst cistecephalids for...
- small-bodied Emydops, Myosaurus, and kingoriids, and the
burrowing cistecephalids.
Below is a
cladogram modified from
Macungo et al. (2022)
showing the...
- Rubidge,
Bruce S. (February 2021). Ruta,
Marcello (ed.). "A new
tusked cistecephalid dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the
upper Permian upper Madumabisa...
-
comparison to
other dicynodonts. One
group of kistecephalians, the
cistecephalids, are
thought to have been burrowers.
Below is a
cladogram from Kammerer...
- Tanzania. It is a
member of the
family Cistecephalidae, and like
other cistecephalids it is
thought to have been fossorial. It is a
member of the
family Cistecephalidae...
-
fossils all
belonged to a
single endemic species. Sauroscaptor, like most
cistecephalids, was a tuskless, small-bodied,
fossorial dicyonodont. The posterior...
-
Cistecephalus microrhinus is
presented by
Macungo et al. (2023), who
interpret cistecephalids as
probable ectotherms, and
argue that
purported turbinals such as those...
-
skull and dentary; UT K 56, skull; UT K 55, 5
skulls and
postcrania A
cistecephalid dicynodont,
endemic to this formation.
Oudenodon O.
bainii Many skulls...
- Kammerer;
Saswati Bandyopadhyay;
Sanghamitra Ray (2016). "A new
taxon of
cistecephalid dicynodont from the
upper Permian Kundaram Formation of India". Papers...
