Alternative spelling: Therocephali
Full reference: R. Broom. 1903. On the Classification of the Theriodonts and their Allies. Report of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science 1:286-294
Parent taxon: Therapsida according to J. Liu and F. Abdala 2020
See also Abdala et al. 2008, Battail and Surkov 2000, Broom 1913, Carroll 1988, Gauthier et al. 1989, Gregory 1910, Haughton and Brink 1954, Huene 1954, Huttenlocker and Smith 2017, Ivakhnenko 2011, Jaekel 1911, Kemp 1982, Kuhn 1946, Liu and Abdala 2019, Nopcsa 1923, Olson 1966, Osborn 1904 and Rubidge and Sidor 2001
Sister taxa: Anomodontia, Biarmosuchia, Brontopus, Cynodontia, Dicynodontipus, Eoraetia, Eotheriodontia, Eutherapsida, Gorgonopsia, Moltenotetrapodiscus, Novocynodon kutorgai, Raranimus, Rubidginia, Stathmodon, Tetraceratops, Tricuspes, Tritylodontia
Subtaxa: Alopecodontidae Alopecopsidae Alopecorhinus Arnognathus Arnognathus parvidens Bauriida Crapartinellidae Euchambersiidae Eutherocephalia Gorynychus Ictidognathus Lycosuchida Mirotenthes Pristerognathidae Pristerosauria Pristerosaurida Regisauridae Scylacoides Scylacosaurida Scylacosaurus Simorhinellidae Tigrisuchus Trochosuchus Yikezhaogia
Ecology: carnivore