Akidnognathidae

Akidnognathidae
Temporal range: Late Permian
Moschorhinus kitchingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Therocephalia
clade: Scylacosauria
Infraorder: Eutherocephalia
Family: Akidnognathidae
Haughton and Brink, 1954
Clades
Synonyms
  • Moschorhinidae Brink, 1958[1]
  • Euchambersidae Hopson & Berghusen, 1986[1]

Akidnognathidae is a family of small therocephalian therapsids.

Ecology

Akidnognathids were carnivores, hunting prey such as Dicynodonts.

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