Gomphodontosuchinae
Gomphodontosuchinae is a subfamily of Triassic traversodontid cynodonts. It includes the genera Gomphodontosuchus (the type genus), Exaeretodon, Menadon,Proexaeretodon, Protuberum, Ruberodon, Scalenodontoides and Siriusgnathus.[1][2]
| Gomphodontosuchinae Temporal range: Triassic | |
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| Skull of the gomphodontosuchine Exaeretodon | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Traversodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Gomphodontosuchinae Watson and Romer, 1956 |
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Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships of gomphodontosuchines from Kammerer et al. (2008):[3]
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References
- Ranivoharimanana, L.; Kammerer, C.F.; Flynn, J.J.; Wyss, A.R. (2011). "New material of Dadadon isaloi (Cynodontia, Traversodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (6): 1292–1302. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.618154.
- Pavanatto, A. E. B.; Pretto, F. A.; Kerber, L.; Müller, R. T.; Da-Rosa, Á. A. S.; Dias-da-Silva, S. (2018). "A new Upper Triassic cynodont-bearing fossiliferous site from southern Brazil, with taphonomic remarks and description of a new traversodontid taxon". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 88: 179–196. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2018.08.016.
- Kammerer, C.F.; Flynn, J.J.; Ranivoharimanana, L.; Wyss, A.R. (2008). "New material of Menadon besairiei (Cynodontia: Traversodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (2): 445–462. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[445:NMOMBC]2.0.CO;2.
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