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Pristerodon agilis

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Opisthoctenodon agilis was named by Broom (1904). Its type specimen is AMG 4319, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pearston Area, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Middelton Formation of South Africa.

It was recombined as Pristerodon agilis by Boonstra (1969) and King (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Opisthoctenodon agilis Broom
1969Pristerodon agilis Boonstra
1988Pristerodon agilis King

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—Endothiodontia(Owen 1876)
genusPristerodonHuxley 1868
speciesagilis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pristerodon agilis Broom 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:47:52
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:47:52
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Opisthoctenodon agilis (176830)