†family Alopecodontidae Broom 1932 (therapsid)
Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Alopecodontidae
Parent taxon: Therocephalia according to L. D. Boonstra 1969
See also Haughton and Brink 1954
Sister taxa: Alopecopsidae, Alopecorhinus, Arnognathus, Arnognathus parvidens, Bauriida, Baurioidea, Crapartinellidae, Euchambersiidae, Eutherocephalia, Gorynychus, Ictidognathus, Ictidosuchus, Lycosaurus, Lycosuchida, Ordosidae, Pristerognathidae, Pristerosauria, Pristerosaurida, Regisauridae, Regisaurus, Scaloposaurida, Scylacoides, Scylacosaurida, Scylacosaurus, Simorhinellidae, Tigrisuchus, Trochosuchus, Yikezhaogia
Subtaxa: Alopecideops Alopecodon Pardosuchus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences