Emydopoidea Temporal range:
Late Permian -
Middle Triassic
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Restoration of the emydopoid Myosaurus gracilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | † Anomodontia |
Clade: | † Dicynodontia |
Clade: | † Therochelonia |
Superfamily: | †
Emydopoidea Cluver and King, 1983 |
Subgroups | |
Emydopoidea is a group of Late Permian dicynodont therapsids. It includes the small-bodied Emydops, Myosaurus, and kingoriids, and the burrowing cistecephalids. [1]
Below is a cladogram modified from Macungo et al. (2022) showing the phylogenetic relationships of emydopoids: [2]
Emydopoidea | |
Emydopoidea Temporal range:
Late Permian -
Middle Triassic
| |
---|---|
Restoration of the emydopoid Myosaurus gracilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | † Anomodontia |
Clade: | † Dicynodontia |
Clade: | † Therochelonia |
Superfamily: | †
Emydopoidea Cluver and King, 1983 |
Subgroups | |
Emydopoidea is a group of Late Permian dicynodont therapsids. It includes the small-bodied Emydops, Myosaurus, and kingoriids, and the burrowing cistecephalids. [1]
Below is a cladogram modified from Macungo et al. (2022) showing the phylogenetic relationships of emydopoids: [2]
Emydopoidea | |