Pristerodon whaitsi Broom 1911

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Alternative combination: Diaelurodon whaitsi

Full reference: R. Broom. 1911. On some New South African Permian Reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81(4):1073-1082

Belongs to Pristerodon according to G. M. King 1988

See also Broom 1913 and Toerien 1953

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

Type specimen: AMNH 5507, a skull. Its type locality is Lemoenfontein, Beaufort West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Distribution: found only at Lemoenfontein, Beaufort West

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