Gomphodontosuchinae Explained

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.

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

Notes and References

  1. 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 . 10.1002/ar.25244 . 37246488 . 258960737 . amp .

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