Pristerosaurus 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

Parent taxon: Scymnosaurinae according to L. D. Boonstra 1969

See also Boonstra 1954

Sister taxa: Ptomalestes, Scymnosaurus, Zinnosaurus

Subtaxa: Pristerosaurus microdon

view classification

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rietkuil, Beaufort West (Permian of South Africa)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.