In Depth
Pristerognathus was a medium sized predator that lived in South Africa during the Capitanian stage of the Permian. Another species of Pristerognathus, P. minor, was later re-described as a new genus, Pristerognathoides. However since this time there has been occasional speculation that Pristerognathoides should be made a synonym to Pristerognathus.
Further Reading
- On Two New Therocephalian Reptiles (Glanosuchus macrops and Pristerognathus baini). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 15:85-88. - Robert Broom - 1904.