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Ptomalestes avidus

Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae

Taxonomy
Ptomalestes avidus was named by Boonstra (1954). Its type specimen is SAM 11942 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steenboksfontein, Merweville, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pristerognathus polyodon by Huttenlocker (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Ptomalestes avidus Boonstra fig. 6

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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()
orderTherocephalia
familyPristerognathidaeBroom 1908
subfamilyScymnosaurinaeBoonstra 1968
genusPtomalestes
speciesavidus

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.

†Ptomalestes avidus Boonstra 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Ptomalestes avidus (176355 type locality: 198710)