Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Synonyms: Brachyuraniscus merwevillensis Toerien 1953, Brachyuraniscus reuningi Broili and Schröder 1935, Cerataelurus mirabilis Broom 1931, Dicynodon microrhynchus von Huene 1931, Dicynodon pygmaeus Broom and Haughton 1917, Dicynodon raniceps Owen 1876, Dicynodon swierstrai Broom 1940, Dicynodon trigoniceps Broom 1904, Diictodon pygmaeus Broom and Haughton 1917, Emydops kitchingi Toerien 1953, Emydops longiceps Broom 1913, Emydops microdon Broom 1936, Emydops murraysburgensis Toerien 1953, Emydops trigoniceps Broom 1904, Emydopsis microdon Broom 1936, Emydopsis trigoniceps Broom 1904, Oudenodon raniceps Owen 1876, Oudenodon trigoniceps Broom 1904, Parringtoniella broomi Toerien 1953, Pristerodon broomi Toerien 1953, Pristerodon microrhynchus von Huene 1931, Pristerodon raniceps Owen 1876

Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1868. On Saurosternon Bainii, and Pristerodon McKayi, two new fossil lacertilian reptiles from South Africa. Geological Magazine 47:201-205

Belongs to Pristerodon according to R. Broom 1913

See also Angielczyk et al. 2016, Brink 1986, Broom 1904, Broom 1913, Broom 1915, Broom 1921, Broom 1931, Broom 1936, Broom 1940, Broom and Haughton 1917, Cluver and Hotton 1981, Fröbisch 2009, Fröbisch and Reisz 2008, Haughton and Brink 1954, Kammerer et al. 2011, King 1988, King and Rubidge 1993, Owen 1876, Toerien 1953 and von Huene 1931

Sister taxa: Pristerodon agilis, Pristerodon boonstrai, Pristerodon buffaloensis, Pristerodon mirus, Pristerodon oudebergensis, Pristerodon platyceps, Pristerodon vanhoepeni, Pristerodon whaitsi

Type specimens:

• Pristerodon mackayi: BMNH R 1810, a skull. Its type locality is East London Area, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
• Brachyuraniscus merwevillensis: BP/1/346, a skull. Its type locality is Buffelsvlei, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
• Brachyuraniscus reuningi: BSPG 1934-VIII-26, a skull. Its type locality is Farm La-de-da, which is in a Capitanian fluvial siliciclastic in South Africa.
• Cerataelurus mirabilis: AMNH 5307, a skull.
• Dicynodon swierstrai: RC 43, a skull (Now lost). Its type locality is Klipfontein (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
• Diictodon pygmaeus: SAM-PK-2664, a skull.
• Emydops kitchingi: B.P.I. No. 301, a partial skull. Its type locality is Blaauwpoort, Murraysburg, Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
• Emydops longiceps: AMNH 5578, a skull. Its type locality is Lemoenfontein, Beaufort West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
• Emydops microdon: TM 269, a skull.
• Emydops murraysburgensis: B.P.I. No. 300, a partial skull. Its type locality is Blaauwpoort, Murraysburg, Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
• Emydops trigoniceps: AMG 2825, a skull.
• Parringtoniella broomi: BPI 302, a skull. Its type locality is Aasvoëlkrans, Murraysburg (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
• Pristerodon microrhynchus: GPIT unnumbered, a skull.
• Pristerodon raniceps: NHMUK R1650, a partial skull.

Ecology: herbivore

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.