Tritylodon Owen 1884 (cynodont)

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

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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

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