Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Traversodontidae
Synonym: Belesodon Huene 1936
Full reference: A. W. Crompton and F. Ellenberger. 1957. On a new cynodont from the Molteno Beds and the origin of the tritylodontids. Annals of the South African Museum 44:1-14
Parent taxon: Traversodontidae according to B. Battail 2005
See also Carroll 1988 and Crompton and Ellenberger 1957
Sister taxa: Andescynodon, Arctotraversodon, Colbertosaurus, Dadadon, Etjoia, Exaeretodon, Gomphodontosuchinae, Habayia, Luangwa, Mandagomphodon, Massetognathus, Maubeugia, Menadon, Microscalenodon, Nanogomphodon, Paratraversodon, Pascualgnathus, Plinthogomphodon, Protuberum, Rosieria, Ruberodon, Santacruzodon, Scalenodon, Scalenodontinae, Sinognathinae, Siriusgnathus, Theropsodon njalilus, Traversodontinae
Subtaxa: Scalenodontoides macrodontes
Type: Scalenodontoides macrodontes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Lesotho (2 collections), South Africa (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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