Pristerognathoides
Name:
Pristerognathoides
(Pristerognathus like).
Phonetic: Priss-teh-ro-nay-foy-deez.
Classification: Chordata, Synaspida,
Therapsida, Therocephalia, Scylacosauridae.
Species: P. minor, P.
roggeveldensis, P. vanwyki, P. parvus.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Skulls roughly about 25 centimetres long.
Known locations: South Africa - Pristerognathus
Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group).
Time period: Capitanian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial skulls.
Pristerognathoides
is a therocephalian
therapsid noted for its similarity to the genus Pristerognathus.
Further reading
- The pristerognathid
therocephalians from the Tapinocephalus-zone in the South African
Museum. - Annals of the South African Museum 42:65-107. - L. D.
Boonstra - 1954.
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