Pristerodontia

Pristerodontia
Temporal range: Late PermianLate Triassic
Skull of Oudenodon latirostris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
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

  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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