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Procolophon
| Procolophon Temporal range:
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| Procolophon pricei from the Early Triassic of South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Subclass: | †Parareptilia |
| Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
| Family: | †Procolophonidae |
| Subfamily: | †Procolophoninae |
| Genus: | †Procolophon Owen 1876 |
| Type species | |
| Procolophon trigoniceps Owen 1876
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris); Knight, Charles Robert (1951). The dinosaur book: the ruling reptiles and their relatives. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 153.
- ^ 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.
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