New morphological and microstructural information from Bifolium faringdonense (Davidson, 1874), Bosquetella campichei (de Loriol, 1872), Thecidiopsis tetragona (Roemer, 1839) and Thecidiopsis bohemica imperfecta Nekvasilova, 1967 indicates that the specim
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Until now, no therapsid was known with any certainty from Malagasy. The present specimen, discovered in 1948, but never described, is the first record of a complete dicynodont skull from this country. A description of the skull is given and it is referred to a new species of the genus Oudenodon. The rarity of dicynodonts in Malagasy may be because of environmental differences from the adjoining landmass of Africa.
Citations
MAZIN, J., KING, G. M. 1991. The first dicynodont from the Late Permian of Malagasy. Palaeontology, 34, 4, 837–842.