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Homodontosaurus - Wikipedia

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Homodontosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Therocephalia
Superfamily:	†Baurioidea
Genus:	†Homodontosaurus Broom, 1949
Type species
†Homodontosaurus kitchingi Broom, 1949

Homodontosaurus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. The type species Homodontosaurus kitchingi was named by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1949. Broom based his description on a small skull found in the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone near Graaff-Reinet. The skull is very small, at about 55 millimetres (2.2 in) long and 20 millimetres (0.79 in) wide. Homodontosaurus has large eye sockets and an elongated snout. The lower jaw is long, thin, and curved. Numerous small teeth line the upper jaw and are long, pointed, and round in cross-section.^[1]

When he first named Homodontosaurus in 1949, Broom considered it to be a pelycosaur. He noted similarities between the skull of Homodontosaurus and that of the sphenacodontid Secodontosaurus from the Early Permian of Texas. Broom thought that Homodontosaurus was most closely related to a pelycosaur called Elliotsmithia, which he named in 1937 on the basis of the back half of a skull.^[1] In 1950, South African paleontologist A. S. Brink described a second specimen of Homodontosaurus, which included an articulated postrcranial skeleton.^[2] On the basis of this skeleton, paleontologists D. M. S. Watson and Alfred Romer reclassified it as a scaloposaurid therocephalian in 1956.^[3] Scaloposaurids are now recognized as an artificial grouping of the juvenile forms of many therocephalians. Homodontosaurus has even been considered the juvenile form of the larger therocephalian Tetracynodon.^[4] Homodontosaurus and most other scalopodontids are now classified as basal members of Baurioidea.

References

^ ^a ^b Broom, R. (1949). "New fossil reptile genera from the Bernard Price collection". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 21 (1–2): 187–194.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Reisz, R.R.; Dilkes, D.W.; Berman, D.S. (1998). "Anatomy and relationships of Elliotsmithia longiceps Broom, a small synapsid (Eupelycosauria: Varanopseidae) from the Late Permian of South Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (3): 602–611. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011087.
^ Watson, D.M.S.; Romer, A.S. (1956). "A classification of therapsid reptiles". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 114 (2): 37–89.
^ Colbert, E.H.; Kitching, J.W. (1981). "Scaloposaurian reptiles from the Triassic of Antarctica". American Museum Novitates (2709): 1–22. hdl:2246/5362. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-02-19.

Therocephalia

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Eutheriodontia

Synapsida

see Synapsida
Therocephalia	see below↓

Therocephalia

Gorynychus Porosteognathus Cynodontia?
Lycosuchidae	Lycosuchus Simorhinella
Scylacosauridae	Alopecodon Alopecognathus Biarmosuchoides? Eutheriodon Glanosuchus Hyorhynchus Julognathus Koksharovia Maraisaurus Pardosuchus Pristerognathus Scylacosaurus

Eutherocephalia

Chthonosauridae

Chthonosaurus
Ichibengops

Akidnognathidae

Whaitsioidea

Ophidostoma
Hofmeyriidae	Gorochovetzia Hofmeyria Ictidostoma Mirotenthes
Whaitsiidae	Dalongkoua Ictidochampsa Megawhaitsia Microwhaitsia Moschowhaitsia Theriognathus Viatkosuchus

Baurioidea

- see below↓

Baurioidea

Karenitidae

Karenites
Mupashi

Lycideopidae

Regisauridae

Regisaurus
Urumchia

Bauriamorpha

Hazhenia Nothogomphodon Notictoides Ordosiodon Scaloposaurus
Ericiolacertidae	Ericiolacerta Pedaeosaurus? Silphedosuchus
Bauriidae	Antecosuchus Bauria Microgomphodon Scalopognathus Traversodontoides

Nomina dubia
Alopecorhinus Arnognathus Blattoidealestes Dongusaurus Hyaenasuchus Ictidoparia Ictidosaurus Scymnosaurus Tamboeria Trochorhinus Trochosaurus Trochosuchus

Category

Geology of South Africa

Geological formations

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa

Palaeoarchaean	Bushveld Igneous Complex Fig Tree Formation Komatii Formation Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup
Paleozoic	Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table Mountain Sandstone Permian Abrahamskraal Formation Balfour Formation Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Teekloof Formation Whitehill Formation Ordovician Soom Shale
Mesozoic	Cretaceous Uitenhage Group Buffelskloof Formation Enon Formation Kirkwood Formation Sundays River Formation Kalahari Deposits Jurassic Drakensberg Group Enon Formation Uitenhage Group Karoo Supergroup Beaufort Group Abrahamskraal Formation Balfour Formation Katberg Formation Middleton Formation Teekloof Formation Dwyka Group Ecca Group Whitehill Formation Stormberg Group Bushveld Sandstone Clarens Formation Elliot Formation Triassic Elliot Formation Katberg Formation Molteno Formation Normandien Formation
Cenozoic	Algoa Group

‎Tectonics and orogeny

Volcanism	List of volcanoes in South Africa Pilanesberg Pilanesberg Game Reserve Prince Edward Islands Diatremes Big Hole Finsch diamond mine Jagersfontein Mine Koffiefontein mine Barberton Greenstone Belt Drakensberg Karoo-Ferrar
Earthquakes	1620 Robben Island earthquake 1969 Tulbagh earthquake 2006 Mozambique earthquake 2014 Orkney earthquake
Impact craters	Kalkkop crater Morokweng impact structure Tswaing crater Vredefort impact structure
Meteorites	Bellsbank meteorite

‎Mineral deposits
Kimberlite Merensky Reef Witwatersrand Banket (mining term) Coal in South Africa Iron ore in Africa Platinum in Africa Titanium in Africa Uranium in Africa Minerals Council South Africa Department of Mineral Resources (South Africa) Department of Mineral Resources and Energy

Paleontology‎

Ordovician

Devonian

Carboniferous

Permian

Beaufort Group

Assemblages	Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone Eodicynodon Assemblage Zone Pristerognathus Assemblage Zone Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone

Triassic

Assemblages	Cynognathus Assemblage Zone Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Nummulite

Neogene

Pleistocene

Other

Research and administration‎

Geologists	Hans Merensky
Paleontologists	Andrew Geddes Bain Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra Charles Kimberlin Brain Robert Broom Alfred Brown Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan H. Basil S. Cooke Alfred W. Crompton Daniel Rossouw Kannemeyer Andre Keyser James Kitching John Talbot Robinson George William Stow Eduard Meine van Zinderen-Bakker

Regional articles
Geology of Cape Town

Other
Pothole (geology) Steep structure Swazian

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