Oudenodon
Fossil rangeLate Permian
TaxonOudenodon
AuthorityOwen, 1860
Subdivision ranksSpecies
Subdivision
  • O. bainii Owen, 1860 (type)
  • O. grandis Haughton, 1917
  • O. sakamenensis Mazin and King, 1991

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 (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone and Endothiodon Assemblage Zone).[2][3] Specimens of O. luangwensis have been found from Zambia.[4] One species, O. sakamenensis from the Lower Sakamena Formation 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.

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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.