Digalodon
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
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Digalodon is an extinct genus of kistecephalian dicynodont, known from the Karoo Basin of South Africa and the Upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of Zambia.[1] Originally given a sparse description in 1948,[2] for a time it was considered synonymous with other dicynodonts as a small juvenile individual of a larger genus, such as Aulacephalodon[3] or Dicynodontoides;[4] however it has since been recognized as a distinct species.[5]
| Digalodon Temporal range: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone? | |
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| The holotype skull of Digalodon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Anomodontia |
| Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
| Genus: | †Digalodon Broom & Robinson, 1948 |
| Species: | †D. rubidgei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Digalodon rubidgei Broom and Robinson, 1948 | |
