Procolophon

Procolophon
Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Procolophon pricei from the Early Triassic of South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: †Parareptilia
Order: †Procolophonomorpha
Family: †Procolophonidae
Subfamily: †Procolophoninae
Genus: †Procolophon
Owen 1876
Type species
Procolophon trigoniceps
Owen 1876
Species
  • P. trigoniceps Owen 1876 (type)
Synonyms[1]
  • Procolophon minor Owen, 1876
  • Procolophon griersoni Seeley, 1878
  • Procolophon cuneiceps Seeley, 1878
  • Procolophon laticeps Seeley, 1878
  • Procolophon platyrhinus Seeley, 1905
  • Procolophon sphenorhinus Seeley, 1905
  • Procolophon baini Broom, 1905
  • Procolophonoides baini Ivachnenko, 1979
  • Procolophon pricei Lavina, 1983
  • Procolophon brasiliensis Cisneros & Schultz, 2002

Procolophon (from Greek: πρό pró, 'before' and Greek: κολοφών kolophṓn, 'summit')[2] is a genus of lizard-like procolophonid parareptiles that first appeared in the Early Triassic (Induan) of South Africa, Brazil, and Antarctica. It persisted through the Permian–Triassic extinction event, but went extinct in the beginning of the Early Middle Triassic. The type species is P. trigoniceps.[3]

  1. ^ Juan Carlos Cisneros (2008). "Taxonomic status of the reptile genus Procolophon from the Gondwanan Triassic". Palaeontologia Africana. 43: 15. ISSN 0078-8554. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14.
  2. ^ Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris); Knight, Charles Robert (1951). The dinosaur book: the ruling reptiles and their relatives. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 153.
  3. ^ Kemp, T. S. (1974). "The braincase and associated structures of the cotylosaur reptile Procolophon trigoniceps Owen". Annals of the South African Museum. 64: 11–26.