Amniota - Therapsida - Procynosuchidae
Synonym: Silphedestidae Haughton and Brink 1954
Parent taxon: Cynodontia according to B. Battail and M. V. Surkov 2000
See also Carroll 1988, Haughton and Brink 1954, Hopson and Kitching 1972, Kemp 1982 and Tatarinov 2008
Sister taxa: Aelurosuchus, Charassognathidae, Chronoperatidae, Cromptodon, Cynognathidae, Cynognathoidea, Dromatherium, Dviniidae, Epicynodontia, Gaumia, Gomphodontidae, Hahnia, Hwanghocynodon, Kunminia, Madysauridae, Mammaliamorpha, Masitisitherium, Mitredon, Nythosaurus, Riograndidae, Therioherpetidae, Thrinaxodontidae, Tritylodontidae
Subtaxa: Procynosuchus Sludica Uralocynodon
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of South Africa (1 collection)
• Permian of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (4), South Africa (19), Tanzania (2)
Total: 27 collections including 31 occurrences