Gomphodontosuchinae

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

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

See text.

Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships of gomphodontosuchines from Kammerer et al. (2008):[3]

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. 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.
  3. 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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