Named By: | E. Henning in 1922 |
Time Period: | Late Triassic-Early Jurassic |
Location: | China - Lufeng Formation. Germany - Exter Formation. United Kingdom (England and Wales). USA, Arizona - Kayenta Formation |
Size: | About 30 centimetres long |
Diet: | Carnivore/Insectivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Cynodontia | Tritylodontidae | |
Also known as: | | Chalepotherium plieningeri | Mucrotherium | Uniserium | |
Oligokyphus is an extinct advanced herbivorous cynodont of the late Triassic to early Jurassic periods. Originally considered to be an early mammal, it is now classified as a Mammaliamorph (nearly a mammal) because Oligokyphus does not have the mammalian jaw attachments and it retains a vestigial joint between the quadrate bone and the squamosal bone in the skull.