Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Tritylodontidae
Parent taxon: Mammaliamorpha according to A. K. Huttenlocker et al. 2018
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gauthier et al. 1989, Haughton and Brink 1954, Hu et al. 2009, Huene 1940, Kemp 1982, Li and Sun 2008, Lydekker 1894, Martinez et al. 1996, Rowe 1988, Simpson 1928, Simpson 1929, Tatarinov 2008, Waldman and Savage 1972, Wible 1991 and Young 1947
Sister taxa: Brasilodontia, Mammaliaformes, Tritheledontidae
Subtaxa: Archaeodon Bienotherium Bienotheroides Bocatherium Chalepotherium Dianzhongia Dinnebitodon Kayentatherium Likhoelia Lufengia Montirictus Nuurtherium Oligokyphus Polistodon Shartegodon Stereognathus Tritylodon Tritylodontoides Yuanotherium Yunnanodon
Type: Tritylodon
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (4 collections), the Russian Federation (5)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), China (9), Lesotho (4), Mexico (1), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (21), the United Kingdom (15), United States (20: Arizona)
• Triassic to Jurassic of South Africa (1), United States (1: Arizona)
• Triassic of Germany (2), South Africa (1), United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 89 collections including 117 occurrences