Daptocephalus

Daptocephalus is an extinct genus of dicynodont synapsid, which was found in Late Permian strata, in a biozone known precisely for the presence of fossils of this dicynodont, the Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone, in the Karoo Basin in South Africa.^[2][3] An additional species, D. huenei, is known from the Usili Formation in Tanzania and was formerly assigned to the genus Dicynodon before a study in 2019 recognised that the type specimen belonged to Daptocephalus.^[4]

Daptocephalus Temporal range: Changhsingian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Articulated D. leoniceps skeleton (USNM 23354), National Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Anomodontia
Clade:	†Dicynodontia
Infraorder:	†Dicynodontoidea
Genus:	†Daptocephalus van Hoepen, 1934
Type species
†Daptocephalus leoniceps Owen, 1876
Species
†D. leoniceps Owen, 1876 †D. huenei Haughton, 1932
Synonyms
List Rhachinocephalodon leoniceps (Owen, 1876) Daptocephalus leontops Broom, 1913 Daptocephalus lissops Broom, 1913 Daptocephalus osborni Broom, 1921 Daptocephalus watsoni Broom ,1921 Dicynodon daptocephaloides Toerien, 1955 Dicynodon ingens Broom, 1907[1] Dicynodon leontocephalus Broom, 1950 Dicynodon leontops Broom, 1913 Dicynodon lissops Broom, 1913 Dicynodon osborni Broom, 1921 Dicynodon watsoni Broom, 1921

D. leoniceps skull, Natural History Museum, Berlin

See also

• List of therapsids