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Pristerodon whaitsi

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Diaelurodon whaitsi was named by Broom (1911). Its type specimen is AMNH 5507, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lemoenfontein, Beaufort West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Diaelurodon.

It was recombined as Pristerodon whaitsi by Toerien (1953) and King (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Diaelurodon whaitsi Broom
1913Diaelurodon whaitsi Broom
1953Pristerodon whaitsi Toerien
1988Pristerodon whaitsi King

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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
specieswhaitsi()

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 whaitsi Broom 1911
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Diaelurodon whaitsi (180782)