Fossils of this large barrel-shaped dicynodont have been found in South Africa, Zambia, Laos, Russia and China, which clearly proves that this animal was able to migrate through the equatorial regions of Pangea. Perhaps this slow moving non-stop eating matching, owed its success to its ability to browse on a wide range of food plants. Thin sections of th tusks of this animal show concentric growth rings that may have been caused by seasonal changes in diet or annual breeding cycles or perhaps hibernation. Whatever the cause, it they are indeed annual growth rings, then the animal is estimated to have been 70 years old when it died.