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Pristerodon

Anomodontia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Pristerodon Huxley
1904Opisthoctenodon Broom
1913Pristerodon Broom
1931Cerataelurus Broom
1935Brachyuraniscus Broili and Schroeder
1935Eumantellia Broom
1937Newtonella Broom fig. 13
1953Hueneus Toerien
1953Parringtoniella Toerien
1969Brachyuraniscus Boonstra
1969Pristerodon Boonstra
1988Brachyuraniscus Carroll
1988Cerataelurus Carroll
1988Eumantellia Carroll
1988Newtonella Carroll
1988Parringtoniella Carroll
1988Pristerodon Carroll
1988Hueneus King
1988Pristerodon King
2000Pristerodon Rybczynski
2011Pristerodon Fröbisch and Reisz
2014Pristerodon Angielczyk et al.

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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

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.

G. †Pristerodon Huxley 1868
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Pristerodon agilis Broom 1904
Pristerodon boonstrai Broili and Schroeder 1935
Pristerodon buffaloensis Toerien 1953
Pristerodon mackayi Huxley 1868
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Invalid names: Brachyuraniscus merwevillensis Toerien 1953 [synonym], Brachyuraniscus reuningi Broili and Schröder 1935 [synonym], Cerataelurus mirabilis Broom 1931 [synonym], Dicynodon swierstrai Broom 1940 [synonym], Diictodon pygmaeus Broom and Haughton 1917 [synonym], Emydops kitchingi Toerien 1953 [synonym], Emydops longiceps Broom 1913 [synonym], Emydops microdon Broom 1936 [synonym], Emydops murraysburgensis Toerien 1953 [synonym], Emydops trigoniceps Broom 1904 [synonym], Parringtoniella broomi Toerien 1953 [synonym], Pristerodon microrhynchus von Huene 1931 [synonym], Pristerodon raniceps Owen 1876 [synonym]
Pristerodon mirus Broom 1935
Pristerodon oudebergensis Toerien 1953
Pristerodon platyceps Broom 1937
Pristerodon vanhoepeni Broili and Schroeder 1935
Pristerodon whaitsi Broom 1911
Invalid names: Brachyuraniscus Broili and Schroeder 1935 [synonym], Cerataelurus Broom 1931 [synonym], Eumantellia Broom 1935 [synonym], Hueneus Toerien 1953 [synonym], Newtonella Broom 1937 [synonym], Opisthoctenodon Broom 1904 [synonym], Parringtoniella Toerien 1953 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 265.10000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9South Africa (Northern Cape) P. mackayi (176246)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9South Africa (Western Cape) Brachyuraniscus merwevillensis (176355) Brachyuraniscus reuningi (31777)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Emydops longiceps (177588)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Dicynodon swierstrai (176331) Emydops microdon (174717) Hueneus oudebergensis (171384) Oudenodon trigoniceps, Opisthoctenodon agilis (176830) P. mackayi, Oudenodon raniceps (178109)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Zambia Parringtoniella sp. (184599) P. mackayi (184600 184667 184668 184669 184670)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Diaelurodon whaitsi, Emydops longiceps, Synostocephalus vanhoepeni (180782) Dicynodon microrhynchus, Eurychororhinus boonstrai (175565) Emydops murraysburgensis, Emydops kitchingi (116452) Parringtoniella broomi (181609) P. buffaloensis (176357 176358 178803) Pristerodon indet., Emydopsis microdon, Eumantellia mirus (22661) P. mackayi (86282 86286 86300 86302) P. sp. (190045 190331 190556) P. sp., Dicynodon pygmaeus (171377) Synostocephalus vanhoepeni (178806 178830)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17India (Andhra Pradesh) P. mackayi (80572)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Newtonella platyceps (80219)