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Pristerodon mackayi

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Pristerodon mackayi was named by Huxley (1868). Its type specimen is BMNH R 1810, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East London Area, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Pristerodon.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Pristerodon mackayi Huxley
1876Oudenodon raniceps Owen
1904Oudenodon trigoniceps Broom
1913Dicynodon raniceps Broom
1913Dicynodon trigoniceps Broom
1913Emydops longiceps Broom
1913Pristerodon mackayi Broom
1915Pristerodon raniceps Broom
1917Dicynodon pygmaeus Broom and Haughton
1921Emydopsis trigoniceps Broom
1931Cerataelurus mirabilis Broom
1931Dicynodon microrhynchus von Huene
1935Brachyuraniscus reuningi Broili and Schröder
1936Emydopsis microdon Broom
1940Dicynodon swierstrai Broom
1953Brachyuraniscus merwevillensis Toerien
1953Emydops kitchingi Toerien
1953Emydops microdon Toerien
1953Emydops murraysburgensis Toerien
1953Emydops trigoniceps Toerien
1953Parringtoniella broomi Toerien
1953Brachyuraniscus merwevillensis Toerien p. 61
1954Pristerodon raniceps Haughton and Brink
1981Diictodon pygmaeus Cluver and Hotton
1988Pristerodon microrhynchus King
1988Pristerodon raniceps King
1993Pristerodon broomi King and Rubidge

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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
speciesmackayi

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 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available