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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