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ANTHODON
(an-foe-don)
meaning: "Flower tooth"
Anthodon
Named By: Richard Owen in 1876
Time Period: Changhsingian, 254-252 Ma
Location: South Africa and Tanzania, possibly also Russia
Size: 1.2 to 1.5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Several specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Procolophonomorpha | Procolophonia | Pareiasauridae |
Also known as: | Propappus parvus | Pareiasaurus parvus |
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Anthodon (meaning "flower tooth") is an extinct genus of pareiasaurid parareptile from the Permian period of South Africa and Tanzania.

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