Gomphodontosuchinae

Gomphodontosuchinae
Temporal range: Triassic
Skull of the gomphodontosuchine Exaeretodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: †Traversodontidae
Subfamily: †Gomphodontosuchinae
Watson and Romer, 1956
Subgroups

See text.

Gomphodontosuchinae is a subfamily of Triassic traversodontid cynodonts. It includes the genera Gomphodontosuchus (the type genus), Exaeretodon,[1] Santagnathus,[1] Siriusgnathus,[1] Menadon, Proexaeretodon, Protuberum, Ruberodon and Scalenodontoides.[2][3]

Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships of gomphodontosuchines from Kammerer et al. (2008):[4]

Traversodontidae 
  1. ^ a b c Schmitt, Maurício Rodrigo; Martinelli, Agustín Guillermo; Kaiuca, João Felipe Leal; Schultz, Cesar Leandro & Soares, Marina Bento (2023). "Old fossil findings in the Upper Triassic rocks of southern Brazil improve diversity of traversodontid cynodonts (Therapsida, Cynodontia)". The Anatomical Record: 1–41. doi:10.1002/ar.25244. PMID 37246488. S2CID 258960737.
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