Genus: Kannemeyeria SEELEY, 1908
Etymology: In honor of Dr. Daniel Rossouw Kannemeyer (1843-1925), the South African fossil collector who discovered the original specimen.
= Kannameyeria KEYSER & CRUICKSHANK, 1979 (sic)
= Proplacerias CRUICKSHANK, 1972
Etymology: Greek, pro-, “before”, and Placerias: Before Placerias.
= Ptychocynodon SEELEY, 1904
Etymology: Greek, ptykh- (pteryx), “fold, ridge” and Greek, kynodon, “canine tooth”: Ridged canine tooth.
= Sagecephalus JAEKEL, 1926
Etymology: Greek, sage, “complete armor” and Greek, kephale, “head”, + us: Armored head.

Species: simocephalus (WETHOFER, 1888) SEELEY, 1908
Etymology: Latin, semi, "half" and Latin, cephalus, "head."
= Kannemeyeria simocephalus (WETHOFER, 1888)
= Dicynodon simocephala WETHOFER, 1888

Holotype: NHMW 1886-XV-4 (HMV 8173 [Nat. Hist. Mus. Vienna 8178])

Locality: Probably Burgersdorp, Albany District or Dwarsvlei, Aliwal North, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone (Kannemeyeria-Diademodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Kannemeyeria zone, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-77).

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.

Referred material:

BROOM, 1915

Locality: Winnaarsbaken, Burghersdorp District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone (Kannemeyeria-Diademodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Kannemeyeria zone, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-77).

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material:

AMNH 5591, 5592, 5593: Fragmentary skeletons.

 


CAMP, 1956

Locality: Lady Frere commonage, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone (Kannemeyeria-Diademodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Kannemeyeria zone, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-77).

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material:

UCMP 38372: Fragmentary skull.

 

DAMIANI, 2008

Locality: Farm Cuylerville (annex of the farm Prospect 152), Queenstown District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone, subzone B.

Age: Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given:

 

Locality: Farm Nooitgedacht, Burgersdorp District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone, subzone B.

Age: Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given:

 

Locality: Farm Vaalbank, Prince Albert District, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone.

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given:

 

GOVENDER, HANCOX, & YATES, 2009

Locality: Slootkraal locality, Rouxville District, Free State, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup, Subzone B.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone.

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material:

PB/1/5624: Fragmentary skeleton.

 

Locality: Bethel/Slootkraal locality, Rouxville District, Free State, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup, Subzone B.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone.

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material:

PB/1/5624: Fragmentary skeleton.

 

Locality: Losberg Mountain on thE farm 'Ravenskoof', Tarkastad, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup, Subzone B.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone.

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material:

ELM 1: Skull, vertebrae, ribs, scapulae, coracoids, clavicles, sternum, humeri, radii, ulnae, left and right felvic girdle, femora, tibia and fibula.


KEYSER, 1973

Locality: Northern slope of Etjo Mountain, South West Africa.

Horizon: Lower Etjo Beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Triassic.

Material:

GSP R313: Skull missing its stapes and quadrates.

 


PEARSON, 1924

Locality: Beaufort West District, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Triassic.

Material:

BMNH 3592: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.

BMNH 3602: Dentary.

BMNH 37652a: Fragmentary shoulder girdle and right humerus.

BMNH 3739: Skull and dentary.

BMNH 3740: Right scapula.

BMNH 3741: ?5th cervical vertebra, and left manus.

BMNH 3551, 4711: Fragmentary skull.

BMNH 3755: Ribs.

BMNH 3760: Fragmentary manus.

BMNH 3761: Pelvis.

SURKOV & BENTON, 2004

BMNH R3059: Skull.

 


= Dicynodon latifrons BROOM, 1899
Etymology: Laitn, lati, "broad, wide" and Latin, frons, "brow, forehead."
= Kannemeyeria latifrons (BROOM, 1899)

Holotype: Port Elizabeth Mus. 1192.2

Locality: Burghersdorp, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone (Kannemeyeria-Diademodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Kannemeyeria zone, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-77).

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material: Anterior 3/4 of skull, snout broken.

Referred material:

CAMP, 1956

Locality: Essex Farm near Burghersdorp, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone (Kannemeyeria-Diademodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Kannemeyeria zone, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-77).

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material:

UCMP 38373: Fragmentary skull.

 

KITCHING

Locality: East of the main road between Queenstown and Lady Frere, South Africa.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Skull.

 


= Kannemeyeria proboscoides SEELEY, 1908
Etymology:

Holotype: BMNH 3593

Locality: Burghersdorp, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone (Kannemeyeria-Diademodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Kannemeyeria zone, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-77).

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull lacking parietal region with a broken snout.

 


= Sagecephalus pachyrhynchus JAEKEL, 1926
Etymology:

Holotype: BMNH 3742

Locality: Unknown, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: ?Cynognathus zone (Kannemeyeria-Diademodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Kannemeyeria zone, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-77).

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull.

 


= Kannemeyeria erithrea HAUGHTON, 1915
Etymology:

Holotype: PEM 1192/2 (SAM-PK-3017)

Locality: Winnaarsbaken, Burghersdorp, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone (Kannemeyeria-Diademodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Kannemeyeria zone, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-77).

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull, lower jaw and nearly complete skeleton.

Referred material:

CASE, 1934

Locality: Burghersdorp, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone (Kannemeyeria-Diademodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Kannemeyeria zone, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-77).

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material:

UM 14530: Skull and fragmentary skeleton.

= Kannemeyeria wilsoni BROOM, 1937
Etymology:

Holotype: No. 1 East London Museum.

Locality: Ravenskloof, portion Q6614 of farm Hartebeestefontein, Tarkakastad, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone (Kannemeyeria-Diademodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Kannemeyeria zone, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-77).

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull and majority of skeleton.

Referred material:

= Kannemeyeria vanhoepeni CAMP, 1956
Etymology:
= Proplacerias vanhoepeni (CAMP, 1956)

Holotype: UCMP 42916

Locality: Bethel, 16 miles west of Rouxville, Free (Orange Free) State, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone (Kannemeyeria-Diademodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Kannemeyeria zone, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-77).

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull and lower jaw.

Referred material:

UCMP 42917: Fragmentary skull of a juvenile.
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Species: lophorhinus RENAUT, DAMIANI, YATES & HANCOX, 2003
Etymology: Greek, lophos, "crested" and Greek, rhinos, "snout"; referring to the well-developed median dorsal mid-nasal ridge that extends from the premaxilla onto the frontal.
= Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus (ROY-CHOWDHURY, 1970) CROZIER, 1970 (referred material).
= Kannemeyeria cristarhynchus (ROY-CHOWDHURY, 1970) KEYSER & CRUICHKSHANK, 1979 (referred material).

Holotype: BP/1/3638 (BP 421(Field No. 3638)

Locality: Lower Ntawere (Drysdall & Kitching's Locality 16) north of Sitwe, upper Luangwa Valley, Eastern Province, northeastern Zambia.

Horizon: Ntawere Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: ?Upper Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Lower Middle Triassic.

Material: Partial skull and complete mandible.

Referred material:

BP 420: Juvenile skull.

 

GOVENDER & YATES, 2009

Locality: Etjo South, Etjo Mountain, Renosterfontein, Kalkfeld, Otjiwarongo District, South West Africa.

Horizon: Omingonde Formation, Karoo Supergroup, Lower Etjo Beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Probably Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early-Middle Triassic.

Material:

R316: Scapulae, humeri, a fairly complete ilium and complete fibula.

CGP/1/412: Large humerus.


KEYSER, 1973

= Kannemeyeria simocephala KEYER & CRUSCHIANK, 1979

Locality: Northern slope of Etjo Mountain on the farm Etjo Nord, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia, south West Africa.

Horizon: Lower Etjo beds, Omingonde Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Lower Middle Triassic.

Material:

GSR R313: Fragmentary skull.



= Kannemeyeria cristarhynchus (CROZIER, 1970) KEYSER & CRUICKSHANK, 1979
Etymology:
= Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus CROZIER, 1970 non ROYCHOUDHURY, 1970

Holotype: ISIR 37 GMC

Locality: 1 km south of Rechni, Pranhita Godavari valley, Andhra Pradesh State, India.

Horizon: Yerrapalli Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull.


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Species: aganosteus KAMMERER & de los ANGELES ORDONEZ, 2021
Etymology: Greek, aganos, "broken" and Greek, osteous, "bone." In reference to the incomplete nature of the known material, with a secondary reference to the type horizon, the Quebrada de los Fosiles (meaning "ravine of the fossils" in Spanish, but quebrada can also mean "broken") Formation.
= Kannemyeidae incertae sedis BONAPART, 1981

Holotype: PVL 3963

Locality: Right bank of the Rio Seco de la Quebrada, 100 m upstream from where the river narrows, approximately 2 km south of the Agua de los Burros Locality, San Rafeal Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina.

Horizon: Qiebrada de los Fosiles Formation (Puesto Viejo Formation from Bonaparte, 1981).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Traissic.

Material: A partial skull consisting of teh snout (wth the right caniniform process broken) and anterior orbital region.

Referred material:

Locality: From a gully to the north of the Quebrada de los fosiles, west of the Agua de los Burros locality, Mendoza Province, Argentina.

Horizon: Qiebrada de los Fosiles Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Traissic.

Material:

PVL 3964: A partial snout.