Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Tritylodontidae
Full reference: R. Owen. 1884. On the skull and dentition of a Triassic mammal (Tritylodon longævus, Owen) from South Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 40:146-152
Parent taxon: Tritylodontidae according to F. v. Huene 1940
See also Carroll 1988, Lydekker 1894, Marsh 1889, Perrier 1928, Simpson 1928 and Simpson 1929
Sister taxa: Archaeodon, Bienotherium, Bienotheroides, Bocatherium, Chalepotherium, Dianzhongia, Dinnebitodon, Kayentatherium, Likhoelia, Lufengia, Montirictus, Nuurtherium, Oligokyphus, Polistodon, Saurodesmus, Shartegodon, Stereognathus, Tritylodontoides, Yuanotherium, Yunnanodon
Subtaxa: Tritylodon fraasi Tritylodon longaevus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Lesotho (3 collections), South Africa (20)
• Triassic to Jurassic of South Africa (1)
• Triassic of South Africa (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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