Ptomalestes avidus Boonstra 1954 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae

Full reference: L. D. Boonstra. 1954. The pristerognathid therocephalians from the Tapinocephalus-zone in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 42:65-107

Belongs to Ptomalestes according to L. D. Boonstra 1954

See also Huttenlocker 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM 11942. Its type locality is Steenboksfontein, Merweville, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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