Prosictodon

Name: Prosictodon.
Phonetic: Pro-sic-to-don.
Named By: Kenneth D.‭ ‬Angielczyk‭ & ‬Bruce S.‭ ‬Rubidge‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Dicynodontia,‭ ‬Pylaecephalidae.
Species: P.‭ ‬dubei‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa.
Time period: Mid Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Prosictodon is a genus of dicynodont that lived in South Africa during the Middle Permian.

Further reading
-‭ ‬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.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kenneth D.‭ ‬Angielczyk‭ & ‬Bruce S.‭ ‬Rubidge‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.



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