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Pristerognathoides minor

Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae

Taxonomy
Pristerognathoides minor was named by Haughton (1918).

Synonyms
  • Alopecognathus minor was named by Haughton (1918). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Klipbank, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

    It was replaced with Pristerognathoides minor by Boonstra (1954).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Alopecognathus minor Haughton
1918Pristerognathoides minor Haughton

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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
subfamilyPristerognathinae
genusPristerognathoides
speciesminorHaughton 1918

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.

†Pristerognathoides minor Haughton 1918
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Invalid names: Alopecognathus minor Haughton 1918 [replaced]
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: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Alopecognathus minor (176758) Pristerognathoides minor (89650 176250)