Procolophon
Procolophon (from Greek: πρό pró, 'before' and Greek: κολοφών kolophṓn, 'summit') 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.
| Procolophon Temporal range: | |
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| Procolophon pricei from the Early Triassic of South Africa | |
| Scientific 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 | |
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