Prodicynodon

Name: Prodicynodon ‭(‬Before Dicynodon‭)‬.
Phonetic: Pro-di-sy-no-don.
Named By: Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1904.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsid,‭ ‬Dicynodont.
Species: P.‭ ‬pearstonensis‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬beaufortensis.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa.
Time period: Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Prodicynodon is a genus of dicynodont therapsid from Africa.

Further reading
-‭ ‬On two new endothiodont genera‭ (‬Prodicynodon and Opisthoctenodon‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Records of the Albany Museum‭ ‬1:69-73.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1904.
- CT reconstruction and systematic position of the enigmatic dicynodont Prodicynodon beaufortensis. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(3, Supplement): 194–195. - M. Nehls, C. Kammerer & J. Fr�bisch - 2014.

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