Genus: Syops KAMMERER, ANGIELCZYK & FORBISCH, 2011 (Published
in 2012)
Etymology: Greek, sy, "hog" and Greek, -ops, "face"; referring to the piglike
appearance of the skull (relatiely long and low-snouted for a dicynodont, with
stout, recurved tusks). Also an allustion to the numerous warthogs at the type
locality in the Luangwa Valley. Masculine.
Species: vanhoepeni (BOONSTRA, 1928) KAMMERER, ANGIELCZYK & FORBISCH,
2011 (Published in 2012)
Etymology:
= Dicynodon vanhoepeni BOONSTRA, 1938
Holotype: SAM 11311
Locality: 3 miles from Chikonta on Mpunda road, Ruhuhu, Tanzania, East Africa.
Horizon: Horizon 4.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Permian.
Material: Skull missing posterior end and fragmentary lower jaw.
Referred material:
ANGIELCZYK, STEYER, SIDOR, SMITH, WHATLEY, & TOLAN, 2014
/DRYSDALL & KITCHING, 1963
Locality: Locality 4, Luangwa Valley, North Zimbabwe, South Africa.
Horizon: Horizon 4,Upper Madumabisa Mudstone.
Biostratigraphy: Equivalent to the Cistecephalus zone.
Age: Tatarian Age, Lopingian Subepoch, Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.
Material:
SAM-PK-11311:
Locality: Locality 61, Luangwa Valley, North Zimbabwe, South Africa.
Horizon: Horizon 4,Upper Madumabisa Mudstone.
Biostratigraphy: Equivalent to the Cistecephalus zone.
Age: Tatarian Age, Lopingian Subepoch, Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.
Material:
NHCC LB25: Fragmentary skull.
= Dicynodon roberti BROOM, 1948
Etymology:Holotype: SAM 11325a
Locality: Locality 5 (Drysdall & Kitching, 1963), Luangwa Valley, 3 to 4 miles north of Ntawere, Zambia.
Horizon: Madumabisa Mudstone.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Permian.
Material: Anterior 2/3rds of a skull and mandibles.
Paratype:
SAM 11325b: Fragmentary skull.
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