Abajudon

Name: Abajudon.
Phonetic: Ab-ah-yu-don.
Named By: Kenneth D.‭ ‬Angielczyk,‭ ‬Sébastien Huertas,‭ ‬Roger M.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Smith,‭ ‬Neil J.‭ ‬Tabor,‭ ‬Christian A.‭ ‬Sidor,‭ ‬Jean-Sébastien Steyer,‭ ‬Linda A.‭ ‬Tsuji‭ & ‬Neil J.‭ ‬Gostling‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Syanpsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Anomodontia,‭ ‬Dicynodontia.
Species: A.‭ ‬kaayai‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Tanzania‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ruhuhu Formation.
Time period: Wordian/Capotanian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Skull and mandible.

       Abajudon is a genus of dicynodont that lived in Tanzania during the Permian.

Further reading
-‭ ‬New dicynodonts‭ (‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Anomodontia‭) ‬and updated tetrapod stratigraphy of the Permian Ruhuhu Formation‭ (‬Songea Group,‭ ‬Ruhuhu Basin‭) ‬of southern Tanzania.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Volume‭ ‬34,‭ ‬Issue‭ ‬6.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kenneth D.‭ ‬Angielczyk,‭ ‬Sébastien Huertas,‭ ‬Roger M.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Smith,‭ ‬Neil J.‭ ‬Tabor,‭ ‬Christian A.‭ ‬Sidor,‭ ‬Jean-Sébastien Steyer,‭ ‬Linda A.‭ ‬Tsuji‭ & ‬Neil J.‭ ‬Gostling‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.
- New materials of the enigmatic dicynodont Abajudon kaayai (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the lower Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, middle Permian of Zambia. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. - Savannah L. Olroyd, Christian A. Sidor & Kenneth D. Angielczyk - 2018.

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