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