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†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, Crapartinellidae, Euchambersiidae, Eutherocephalia, Gorynychus, Ictidognathus, Lycosuchida, Mirotenthes, Pristerognathidae, Pristerosauria, Pristerosaurida, Regisauridae, Scylacoides, Scylacosaurida, Scylacosaurus, Simorhinellidae, Tigrisuchus, Trochosuchus, Yikezhaogia

Subtaxa: Alopecideops Alopecodon Pardosuchus

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences

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