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Aulacephalodon

Aulacephalodon ("furrow-head tooth") is an extinct genus of medium-sized dicynodonts, or non-mammalian synapsids, that lived during late Permian period. Individuals of Aulacephalodon are commonly found in the Lower Beaufort Group of the Karoo Supergroup of South Africa. Rising to dominance during the Late Permian, Aulacephalodon was among the largest…

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related to Origins of Aulacephalodon · 15
Aulacephalodon → At, Aulacocephalodon, Bainia, Broom, Controversy, Dicynodon, However, Keyser, Owen, Seeley, Seeley's, The, This, Two, When Broom
related to Putative trackways · 13
Aulacephalodon → An, Asante Sana, Balfour Formation, Beaufort Group, Biostratigraphy, Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone, Dicynodontipus, MacRae, Petersburg, Rhachiocephalus, Teekloof Formation, The, Two
related to Diet · 11
Aulacephalodon → Alligator, Based, Cistecephalus Zone, Compared, Crocodylus, Oudenodon, Phyllotheca, Rhachiocephalus, Schizoneura, The, Tollman
related to Paleoecology · 9
Aulacephalodon → Beaufort Group, Cistecephalus, GIS, Late Permian, Recent, South Africa, The, This, While
related to Description · 8
Aulacephalodon → Chicago, Comparison, Diagnostic, Disproportionately, Field Museum, Fossilization, Natural History, The
related to Sexual dimorphism · 8
Aulacephalodon → Female, Female Aulacephalodon, Important, Morphological, Possible, Specimens, The, Tollman
related to Etymology · 6
Aulacephalodon → Andrew Geddes Bain, Greek, Scottish, South Africa, The, Together
related to Extinction · 4
Aulacephalodon → Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone, Following, Lystrosaurus, This
related to Aulacephalodon bainii and Aulacephalodon peavoti · 3
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Aulacephalodon → skeleton of A. peavoti from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.Putative trackwaysA set of footprints was found in the Teekloof Formation of the Beaufort Group by C.S

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broom bainii peavoti species genus specimens found cistecephalus dicynodonts zone short named sexual dimorphism beaufort group skulls nasal bosses 1898

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Aulacephalodonis askeleton of A. peavoti from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.Putative trackwaysA set of footprints was found in the Teekloof Formation of the Beaufort Group by C.S0.90text
Lystrosaurus maccaigiinstance ofAulacephalodon would have been replaced by large herbivores0.80text
Aulacephalodonrelated to Aulacephalodon bainii and Aulacephalodon peavotiWhen Aulacephalodon0.60section
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Aulacephalodonrelated to DescriptionFossilization0.60section
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Aulacephalodonrelated to DescriptionDisproportionately0.60section
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Aulacephalodonrelated to DescriptionField Museum0.60section
Aulacephalodonrelated to DescriptionNatural History0.60section

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