†family Platyognathidae Simmons 1965 (archosaur)
Reptilia - Thecodontia - Platyognathidae
Full reference: D. J. Simmons. 1965. The non-therapsid reptiles of the Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China. Fieldiana: Geology 15(1):1-93
Parent taxon: Thecodontia according to D. J. Simmons 1965
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Clarencea, Crenelosaurus, Crenelosaurus nigrosilvanus, Dasygnathoides, Doswelliina, Haemothermia, Jushatyria, Ocoyuntaia, Ocoyuntaia arquata, Proterosuchia, Seemannia, Seemannia palaeotriadica, Shansisuchus heiyuekouensis, Tikoepentapodiscus
Subtaxa: none
Type: Platyognathus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platyognathidae in the database