Pristerodontia

Pristerodontia
Temporal range: Late Permian - Late Triassic
Skull of Oudenodon latirostris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Clade: Chainosauria
Infraorder: Dicynodontia
Parvorder: Pristerodontia
Cluver and King, 1983
Clades

Pristerodontia is a group of dicynodont therapsids that includes cryptodontids, geikiids, lystrosaurids, kannemeyeriids, and other related forms. Pristerodontians were one of the few groups of dicynodonts to survive the Permian-Triassic extinction event, diversifying in the Triassic.[1]

References

  1. Maisch, M.W. (2002). "A new basal lystrosaurid dicynodont from the Upper Permian of South Africa". Palaeontology 45 (2): 343–359. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00240.
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