Gomphodontosuchinae

Gomphodontosuchinae
Temporal range: Triassic
Skull of the gomphodontosuchine Exaeretodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: 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, Exaeretodon, Menadon, and Scalenodontoides.[1]

Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships of gomphodontosuchines from Kammerer et al. (2008):[2]

Traversodontidae 

Luangwa



Scalenodon




Pascualgnathus




Traversodon




Andescynodon




Dadadon




Santacruzodon



Massetognathus



 Gomphodontosuchinae 

Gomphodontosuchus




Menadon




Exaeretodon



Scalenodontoides










References

  1. 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.
  2. 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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