†family Akidnognathidae Nopcsa 1923 (therapsid)
Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Akidnognathidae
Parent taxon: Eutherocephalia according to J. Liu and F. Abdala 2019
See also Haughton and Brink 1954, Huttenlocker and Smith 2017 and Liu and Abdala 2017
Sister taxa: Baurioidea, Caodeyao, Chthonosauridae, Dalongkoua, Perplexisauroidea, Scaloposaurida, Whaitsioidea
Subtaxa: Cerdosuchoides Cerdosuchus Jiufengia Moschorhinus Notaelurodon Olivierosuchus Promoschorhynchus Shiguaignathus
Ecology: planktonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Antarctica (1 collection), South Africa (15)
• Permian to Triassic of South Africa (1)
• Permian of China (2), South Africa (19)
Total: 38 collections including 41 occurrences