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Pristerodon buffaloensis

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Pristerodon buffaloensis was named by Toerien (1953). Its type specimen is BP/1/2134, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Swartbos, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pristerodon buffaloensis Toerien

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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
speciesbuffaloensis

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 buffaloensis Toerien 1953
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Diagnosis
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