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

See text.

Gomphodontosuchinae is a subfamily of Triassic traversodontid cynodonts. It includes the genera Gomphodontosuchus (the type genus), Exaeretodon,[1] Santagnathus,[1] Siriusgnathus,[1] Menadon, Proexaeretodon, Protuberum, Ruberodon and Scalenodontoides.[2][3]

Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships of gomphodontosuchines from Kammerer et al. (2008):[4]

Traversodontidae 

Luangwa

Scalenodon

Pascualgnathus

Traversodon

Andescynodon

Dadadon

Santacruzodon

Massetognathus

 Gomphodontosuchinae 

Gomphodontosuchus

Menadon

Exaeretodon

Scalenodontoides

References

  1. ^ a b c Schmitt, Maurício Rodrigo; Martinelli, Agustín Guillermo; Kaiuca, João Felipe Leal; Schultz, Cesar Leandro & Soares, Marina Bento (2023). "Old fossil findings in the Upper Triassic rocks of southern Brazil improve diversity of traversodontid cynodonts (Therapsida, Cynodontia)". The Anatomical Record: 1–41. doi:10.1002/ar.25244. PMID 37246488. S2CID 258960737.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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