Procolophonoidea

Procolophonoids
Temporal range: 265–201.3 Ma Middle Wordian - Late Rhaetian
Skeleton of Kapes bentoni (Procolophonidae, Procolophoninae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: †Parareptilia
Order: †Procolophonomorpha
Suborder: †Procolophonia
Superfamily: †Procolophonoidea
Broom, 1939
Families
Synonyms
  • Procolophoniformes De Braga & Rieppel, 1997

Procolophonoidea is an extinct superfamily of procolophonian parareptiles. Members were characteristically small, stocky, and lizard-like in appearance. Fossils have been found worldwide from many continents including Antarctica.[1] The first members appeared during the Late Permian in the Karoo Basin of South Africa.[2]

  1. ^ Colbert, E. H. and Kitching, J. W. (1975). The Triassic reptile Procolophon in Antarctica. American Museum Novitates 2566:1-23.
  2. ^ Broom, R. (1939). A new type of cotylosaurian, Owenetta rubidgei. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19:319–321.