Diademodontids Temporal range:
Middle Triassic,
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Skull of the diademodontid Diademodon tetragonus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | † Gomphodontia |
Family: | †
Diademodontidae Haughton, 1925 |
Genera | |
Diademodontidae is an extinct family of Triassic gomphodonts. 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 were reported in the Early-Middle Triassic Fremouw Formation in Antarctica, [3] but that specimen was later referred to the trirachodontid Impidens. [4]
Diademodontids Temporal range:
Middle Triassic,
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Skull of the diademodontid Diademodon tetragonus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | † Gomphodontia |
Family: | †
Diademodontidae Haughton, 1925 |
Genera | |
Diademodontidae is an extinct family of Triassic gomphodonts. 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 were reported in the Early-Middle Triassic Fremouw Formation in Antarctica, [3] but that specimen was later referred to the trirachodontid Impidens. [4]