Prosictodon
Encyclopedia
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.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of pylaecephalid dicynodont
Dicynodont
Dicynodontia is a taxon of anomodont therapsids or mammal-like reptiles. Dicynodonts were small to large herbivorous animals with two tusks, hence their name, which means 'two dog tooth'...
from Middle Permian of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. It was first named by Kenneth D. Angielczyk and Bruce S. Rubidge in 2010
2010 in paleontology
-Anomalocaridids:-Newly named crustaceans:-Newly named insects:* A new family, Cascopleciidae, is published by Poinar Jr.* A new family of ceraphronoid Hymenopters, Radiophronidae, is published by Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, and Delclòs....
and the type species is Prosictodon dubei.