Cryptodontia
Cryptodontia is a group of dicynodont therapsids that includes the families Geikiidae, Oudenodontidae, and Rhachiocephalidae. It was first named in 1860 by English paleontologist Richard Owen. Owen intended Cryptodontia to be a family, and the name was later changed to "Cryptodontidae" to reflect this ranking. The name Cryptodontia was restored in 2009 when it was redefined as a larger clade containing several families of dicynodonts.[1]
Cryptodontia Temporal range: Middle Permian - Late Permian | |
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Skull of Oudenodon latirostris | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
Clade: | †Bidentalia |
Clade: | †Cryptodontia Owen, 1860 |
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Classification
Below is a cladogram from Kammerer et al. (2011) showing the phylogenetic placement of Cryptodontia:
Dicynodontia |
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References
- Kammerer, C.F.; Angielczyk, K.D. (2009). "A proposed higher taxonomy of anomodont therapsids" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2018: 1–24.
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