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†superfamily Pristerodontoidea Cluver and King 1983 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Full reference: M. A. Cluver and G. M. King. 1983. A reassessment of the relationships of Permian Dicynodontia (Reptilia, Therapsida) and a new classification of dicynodonts. Annals of the South African Museum 91(3):195-273

Parent taxon: Dicynodontia according to B. Battail and M. V. Surkov 2000

See also King 1988 and King and Jenkins 1997

Sister taxa: Bidentalia, Brachyprosopus, Chelyoposaurus, Chelyoposaurus williamsi, Cryptodontidae, Dicranozygoma, Dicranozygoma leptoscelus, Dicynodon leptorhinus, Dicynodontida, Dicynodontidae, Dicynodontoidea, Diictodontia, Diictodontidae, Diictodontoidea, Dolomitipes, Dromasaurida, Dromasauroidea, Emydopoidea, Emydorhinus, Endothiodontia, Endothiodontidae, Endothiodontoidea, Eocyclops, Eodicynodon, Eodicynodontia, Eodicynodontidae, Eodicynodontoidea, Eumantelliidae, Eurycarpus oweni, Fukangolepis barbaros, Haughtoniana, Haughtoniana magna, Heuneus, Hyorhynchus, Kannemeyeroidea, Katumbia, Kingoridae, Kingorioidea, Koupia, Koupia koupensis, Oudenodon strigiceps, Pentasauropus, Platycyclops, Pristerodontia, Ptychognathus, Pylaecephalidae, Taognathus, Taognathus megalodon, Therapsipus, Therochelonia, Venjukoviamorpha

Subtaxa: Pristerodontidae

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Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (2 collections), Zambia (1)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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