| Pristerodontia Temporal range:Late Permian –Late Triassic | |
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| Skull ofOudenodon latirostris | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Anomodontia |
| Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
| Parvorder: | †Pristerodontia Cluver and King, 1983 |
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Pristerodontia is a group ofdicynodonttherapsids that includescryptodontids,geikiids,lystrosaurids,kannemeyeriids, and other related forms. Pristerodontians were one of the few groups of dicynodonts to survive thePermian–Triassic extinction event, diversifying in theTriassic.[1]
Pristerodontia in acladogram modified from Angielczyk and Rubidge (2010) showing thephylogenetic relationships ofDicynodontia:[2]
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