Brachyprosopus

Brachyprosopus
Temporal range: Middle Permian,
Scientific classification
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Synapsida
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Therapsida
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Brachyprosopus

Olson, 1937
Type species
Brachyprosopus broomi
Olson, 1937
Synonyms
  • Chelydontops altidentalis Cluver, 1975

Brachyprosopus is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid from the middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone in the Abrahamskraal Formation belonging to the Beaufort Group of the Karoo Basin, South Africa.

Chelydontops Cluver, 1975, based on a skull from the Karoo Basin of South Africa, is a junior synonym.

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