†family Pristerognathidae Broom 1908 (therapsid)
Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae
Parent taxon: Therocephalia according to L. D. Boonstra 1969
See also Carroll 1988, Haughton and Brink 1954, Kemp 1982, Kuhn 1946 and Tatarinov 2008
Sister taxa: Alopecodontidae, Alopecopsidae, Alopecorhinus, Arnognathus, Arnognathus parvidens, Bauriida, Crapartinellidae, Euchambersiidae, Eutherocephalia, Gorynychus, Ictidognathus, Lycosuchida, Mirotenthes, Pristerosauria, Pristerosaurida, Regisauridae, Scylacoides, Scylacosaurida, Scylacosaurus, Simorhinellidae, Tigrisuchus, Trochosuchus, Yikezhaogia
Subtaxa: Alopecognathus Pristerognathinae Scymnosaurinae
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (30 collections)
Total: 30 collections including 53 occurrences