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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
Life
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
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