†subfamily Scymnosaurinae Boonstra 1968 (therapsid)
Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae
Parent taxon: Pristerognathidae according to L. D. Boonstra 1969
See also Tatarinov 2008
Sister taxa: Alopecognathus, Pristerognathinae
Subtaxa: Pristerosaurus Ptomalestes Scymnosaurus Zinnosaurus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (11 collections)
Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences