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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
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: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Pristerodon buffaloensis (type locality: 176357 176358 178803)