Eucynodontia
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| Eucynodontia Temporal range: Early Triassic - Early Cretaceous (non-mammalian) | |
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| Cynognathus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Epicynodontia |
| Infraorder: | Eucynodontia Kemp, 1982 |
| Subgroups | |
Eucynodontia ("true dog teeth") is a clade of cynodont therapsids including mammals and most non-mammalian cynodonts. The oldest eucynodonts are known from the Early Triassic and possibly Late Permian. Eucynodontia includes two major subgroups, Cynognathia and Probainognathia.[1]
References
- ↑ Rubidge, B.S.; and Sidor, C.A. (2001). "Evolutionary patterns among Permo-Triassic therapsids". Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 32: 449–480. doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.32.081501.114113.
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