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Diademodontidae

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Diademodontidae
Temporal range: Early - Late Triassic
Skull of the diademodontid Diademodon tetragonus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: †Gomphodontia
Family: †Diademodontidae
Haughton, 1925

Diademodontidae is an extinct family of Triassic cynodonts. The best-known genus is Diademodon from South Africa. Titanogomphodon from Namibia may also be a member of Diademodontidae.[1] The Chinese genera Hazhenia and Ordosiodon have also been included in the family, but were more recently identified as baurioid therocephalians.[2] Remains of a diademodontid have been discovered in the Early Triassic Fremouw Formation in Antarctica.[3]

References

  1. ^ Martinelli, A. N. G.; Fuente, M. D. L.; Abdala, F. (2009). "Diademodon tetragonus Seeley, 1894 (Therapsida: Cynodontia) in the Triassic of South America and its biostratigraphic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (3): 852. doi:10.1671/039.029.0315.
  2. ^ Sun, A. (1991). "A review of Chinese therocephalian reptiles" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 29 (2): 85–94.
  3. ^ Hammer, W. R. (1995). "New Therapsids from the Upper Fremouw Formation (Triassic) of Antarctica". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15: 105–112. doi:10.1080/02724634.1995.10011210.


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