Chiniquodontoidea

Chiniquodontoidea Temporal range: Late Triassic - Late Jurassic (non-mammalian)
Probelesodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Clade:	Probainognathia
Superfamily:	†Chiniquodontoidea Huene, 1936
Subgroups
Chiniquodontidae Therioherpetidae Tritheledontidae Mammaliaformes

Chiniquodontoidea is a clade of cynodonts that is defined as including all probainognathians closer to mammals than to Probainognathus, which is the more primitive form in Probainognathia. To Chiniquodontoidea pertain the families Chiniquodontidae, Therioherpetidae, Tritheledontidae, and the clade Mammaliaformes.

Phylogeny

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Chiniquodontoidea	unnamed  ? Eoraetia unnamed unnamed  ? Kunminia  ? “Hahnia”  ? Maubeugia  Chiniquodontidae   ? Dromatheriinae  Chiniquodontinae unnamed unnamed  Therioherpetidae unnamed ?Brasilodon ?Brasilitherium unnamed unnamed  Riograndia  Tritheledontidae  Mammaliamorpha   Prozostrodon  Mammalia

See also

• Evolution of mammals

References

• Eucynodontia @ Mikko's Phylogeny Archive