Procolophonoidea
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. The first members appeared during the Late Permian in the Karoo Basin of South Africa.
| Procolophonoids | |
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| Skeleton of Kapes bentoni (Procolophonidae, Procolophoninae) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | †Parareptilia |
| Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
| Suborder: | †Procolophonia |
| Superfamily: | †Procolophonoidea Broom, 1939 |
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