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Pristerognathidae

Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae

Taxonomy

Pristerognathidae was named by Broom (1908).

It was assigned to Therocephalia by Haughton and Brink (1954) and Boonstra (1969); to Therocephalia by Kuhn (1946), Kemp (1982) and Carroll (1988); and to Scylacosauroidea by Tatarinov (2008).

Subtaxa

Alopecognathus, Pristerognathinae, Scymnosaurinae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1908	Pristerognathidae Broom
1946	Pristerognathidae Kuhn p. 57
1954	Pristerognathidae Haughton and Brink p. 7
1969	Pristerognathidae Boonstra
1982	Pristerognathidae Kemp p. 349
1988	Pristerognathidae Carroll
2008	Pristerognathidae Tatarinov

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
order	Therocephalia
family	Pristerognathidae	Broom 1908
family	Pristerognathidae	Broom 1908

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.

Fm. †Pristerognathidae Broom 1908

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G. †Alopecognathus Broom 1915

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†Alopecognathus angusticeps Broom 1915

†Alopecognathus megalops Broom 1937

Subfm. †Pristerognathinae Boonstra 1969

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G. †Alepognathus Boonstra 1931

†Alepognathus angustioriceps Boonstra 1931

G. †Cynariognathus Broom 1931

†Cynariognathus gallowayi Broom 1936

†Cynariognathus paucioridens Boonstra 1954

†Cynariognathus platyrhinus Broom 1912

†Cynariognathus seeleyi Broili and Schröder 1936

G. †Lycedops Broom 1936

†Lycedops scholtzi Broom 1936

G. †Pristerognathoides Boonstra 1954

†Pristerognathoides minor Haughton 1918

Invalid names: Alopecognathus minor Haughton 1918 [replaced]

†Pristerognathoides parvus Boonstra 1954

†Pristerognathoides roggeveldensis Boonstra 1953

†Pristerognathoides vanwyki Broom 1925

Invalid names: Maraisaurus Boonstra 1953 [synonym]

G. †Pristerognathus Seeley 1895

†Pristerognathus peyeri Broili and Schröder 1936

†Pristerognathus platyrhinus Broom 1912

†Pristerognathus vanderbyli Broom 1936

G. †Therioides Boonstra 1953

†Therioides cyniscus Boonstra 1953

Invalid names: Hyorhynchus platyceps Seeley 1889 [nomen dubium], Pristerognathus baini Broom 1904 [nomen dubium], Pristerognathus polyodon Broom [nomen dubium]

Subfm. †Scymnosaurinae Boonstra 1968

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G. †Pristerosaurus Boonstra 1954

†Pristerosaurus microdon Boonstra 1954

G. †Ptomalestes Boonstra 1954

†Ptomalestes avidus Boonstra 1954

G. †Scymnosaurus Broom 1903

†Scymnosaurus ferox Broom 1903

†Scymnosaurus major Boonstra 1954

†Scymnosaurus watsoni Broom 1915

G. †Zinnosaurus Boonstra 1964

†Zinnosaurus paucidens Boonstra 1964

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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (30 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Guadalupian	273.01 - 259.51	South Africa (Western Cape)	Hyorhynchus platyceps (177007)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	South Africa (Western Cape)	Alopecognathus angusticeps, Cynariognathus sp., Pristerognathoides minor, Pristerognathoides parvus, Pristerognathoides vanwyki (89650) Alopecognathus minor (176758) Cynariognathus gallowayi (198701) Cynariognathus paucioridens, Alepognathus angustioriceps (198716) Pristerognathidae indet. (198723) Pristerognathoides sp. (174746 176247 176248 176251) Pristerognathus baini (198700) Pristerognathus peyeri (178115) Pristerognathus platyrhinus (198667) Pristerognathus polyodon (93084) Pristerognathus sp. (176249) Pristerognathus sp., Cynariognathus seeleyi (31777) Pristerognathus sp., Scymnosaurus ferox (93086) Pristerognathus sp., Scymnosaurus major (176314) Pristerognathus sp., Scymnosaurus sp., Pristerosaurus microdon (198722) Pristerognathus sp., Scymnosaurus sp., Ptomalestes avidus, Pristerognathoides sp., Pristerognathoides parvus, Maraisaurus parvus (176355) Ptomalestes avidus (198710) Scymnosaurus ferox (179623 198720) Scymnosaurus major (198676) Scymnosaurus sp. (93097) Scymnosaurus sp., Alopecognathus sp., Alopecognathus angusticeps, Pristerognathoides sp., Pristerognathoides minor, Pristerognathoides vanwyki (176250) Scymnosaurus sp., Pristerognathus vanderbyli, Lycedops scholtzi, Alopecognathus megalops (86388) Therioides cyniscus (198711)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	South Africa (Northern Cape)	Pristerognathoides roggeveldensis (198666)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian	264.28 - 254.17	South Africa (Western Cape)	Pristerognathoides vanwyki (177588)