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Prosictodon

Prosictodon is an extinct genus of pylaecephalid dicynodont from Middle Permian of South Africa. It was first named by Kenneth D. Angielczyk and Bruce S. Rubidge in 2010 and the type species is Prosictodon dubei.

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Length
105 w
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Source
Prosictodon
Temporal range: Middle Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Anomodontia
Clade: Dicynodontia
Family: Pylaecephalidae
Genus: Prosictodon
Angielczyk & Rubidge, 2010
Species
  • P. dubei Angielczyk & Rubidge, 2010 (type)

Prosictodon is an extinct genus of pylaecephalid dicynodont from Middle Permian of South Africa.1 It was first named by Kenneth D. Angielczyk and Bruce S. Rubidge in 2010 and the type species is Prosictodon dubei.1

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References

  1. Kenneth D. Angielczyk; Bruce S. Rubidge (2010). "A new pylaecephalid dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Karoo Basin, Middle Permian of South Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (5): 1396–1409. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1396A. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501447. S2CID 129846697.