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Pristerognathus

Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae

Taxonomy
Pristerognathus was named by Seeley (1895). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1912); to Therocephalia by Broom (1904) and Broom (1913); to Pristerognathinae by Boonstra (1969); and to Pristerognathidae by Boonstra (1954) and Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Pristerognathus Seeley
1904Pristerognathus Broom p. 87
1912Pristerognathus Broom
1913Pristerognathus Broom
1954Pristerognathus Boonstra
1969Pristerognathus Boonstra
1988Pristerognathus Carroll

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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
genusPristerognathusSeeley 1895

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.

G. †Pristerognathus Seeley 1895
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†Pristerognathus peyeri Broili and Schröder 1936
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 (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) P. peyeri (178115) P. platyrhinus (198667) P. sp. (31777 93086 176249 176314 176355 198722) P. vanderbyli (86388)