†family Therioherpetidae Battail 1991 (cynodont)
Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Therioherpetidae
Synonym: Therioherpetodontidae Bonaparte and Barberena 1975
Parent taxon: Cynodontia according to D. Sigogneau-Russell and G. Hahn 1994
See also Oliveira 2006
Sister taxa: Aelurosuchus, Charassognathidae, Chronoperatidae, Cromptodon, Cynognathidae, Cynognathoidea, Dromatherium, Dviniidae, Epicynodontia, Gaumia, Gomphodontidae, Hahnia, Hwanghocynodon, Kunminia, Madysauridae, Mammaliamorpha, Masitisitherium, Mitredon, Nythosaurus, Procynosuchidae, Riograndidae, Thrinaxodontidae, Tritylodontidae
Subtaxa: Charruodon Meurthodon
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
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