Pristerodontia
| Pristerodontia Temporal range: Late Permian - Late Triassic | |
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| Skull of Oudenodon latirostris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| 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
- ↑ 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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