Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Traversodontidae
Parent taxon: Gomphodontia according to J. F. Bonaparte 2012
See also Abdala and Ribeiro 2003, Barbarena 1974, Battail and Surkov 2000, Carroll 1988, Hendrickx et al. 2020, Kemp 1982, Kuhn 1946 and Tatarinov 2008
Sister taxa: Boreogomphodon, Diademodon, Diademodontidae, Impidens, Trirachodontidae
Subtaxa: Andescynodon Arctotraversodon Colbertosaurus Dadadon Etjoia Exaeretodon Gomphodontosuchinae Habayia Luangwa Mandagomphodon Massetognathus Maubeugia Menadon Microscalenodon Nanogomphodon Paratraversodon Pascualgnathus Plinthogomphodon Protuberum Rosieria Ruberodon Santacruzodon Scalenodon Scalenodontinae Scalenodontoides Sinognathinae Siriusgnathus Theropsodon njalilus Traversodontinae
Type: Traversodon
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection)
• Triassic of Argentina (11), Belgium (2), Brazil (25), Canada (3: Nova Scotia), China (2), France (1), Germany (1), India (2), Lesotho (2), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (4), Namibia (4), South Africa (1), Tanzania (7), United States (2: Arizona, North Carolina), Zambia (1), Zimbabwe (2)
Total: 72 collections including 87 occurrences