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Therocephalia
Taxonomy
Therocephalia was named by Broom (1903). It is not extant.
It was reranked as the suborder Therocephalia by Osborn (1904), Gregory (1910), Nopcsa (1923), Kuhn (1946), Huene (1954), Kemp (1982), Carroll (1988); it was reranked as the suborder Therocephali by Jaekel (1911); it was reranked as the infraorder Therocephalia by Haughton and Brink (1954), Olson (1966), Battail and Surkov (2000); it was reranked as the unranked clade Therocephalia by Gauthier et al. (1989), Rubidge and Sidor (2001), Abdala et al. (2008), Huttenlocker and Smith (2017).
It was assigned to Therapsidi by Jaekel (1911); to Theriodontia by Osborn (1904), Nopcsa (1923); to Theromorpha by Kuhn (1946); to Theriodonta by Olson (1966); to Therosauria by Kemp (1982); to Therapsida by Gregory (1910), Huene (1954), Carroll (1988); to Theriodontia by Haughton and Brink (1954), Battail and Surkov (2000); to Eutheriodontia by Rubidge and Sidor (2001); to Eutherapsida by Ivakhnenko (2011); to Therapsida by Gauthier et al. (1989), Abdala et al. (2008), Huttenlocker and Smith (2017); and to Therapsida by Broom (1913), Liu and Abdala (2019), Liu and Abdala (2020).
It was reranked as the suborder Therocephalia by Osborn (1904), Gregory (1910), Nopcsa (1923), Kuhn (1946), Huene (1954), Kemp (1982), Carroll (1988); it was reranked as the suborder Therocephali by Jaekel (1911); it was reranked as the infraorder Therocephalia by Haughton and Brink (1954), Olson (1966), Battail and Surkov (2000); it was reranked as the unranked clade Therocephalia by Gauthier et al. (1989), Rubidge and Sidor (2001), Abdala et al. (2008), Huttenlocker and Smith (2017).
It was assigned to Therapsidi by Jaekel (1911); to Theriodontia by Osborn (1904), Nopcsa (1923); to Theromorpha by Kuhn (1946); to Theriodonta by Olson (1966); to Therosauria by Kemp (1982); to Therapsida by Gregory (1910), Huene (1954), Carroll (1988); to Theriodontia by Haughton and Brink (1954), Battail and Surkov (2000); to Eutheriodontia by Rubidge and Sidor (2001); to Eutherapsida by Ivakhnenko (2011); to Therapsida by Gauthier et al. (1989), Abdala et al. (2008), Huttenlocker and Smith (2017); and to Therapsida by Broom (1913), Liu and Abdala (2019), Liu and Abdala (2020).
Subtaxa
Alopecodontidae, Alopecopsidae, Alopecorhinus, Arnognathus, Arnognathus parvidens, Bauriida, Crapartinellidae, Euchambersiidae, Eutherocephalia, Gorynychus, Ictidognathus, Lycosuchida, Mirotenthes, Pristerognathidae, Pristerosauria, Pristerosaurida, Regisauridae, Scylacoides, Scylacosaurida, Scylacosaurus (syn. Scylacorhinus), Simorhinellidae, Tigrisuchus, Trochosuchus, Yikezhaogia
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1903 | Therocephalia Broom p. 292 |
1904 | Therocephalia Osborn p. 101 |
1907 | Arnognathus Broom p. 38 |
1907 | Arnognathus parvidens Broom p. 38 figs. 6 pl. III |
1910 | Therocephalia Gregory p. 464 |
1911 | Therocephali Jaekel p. 182 |
1913 | Arnognathus Broom |
1913 | Arnognathus parvidens Broom |
1913 | Therocephalia Broom p. 362 |
1923 | Therocephalia Nopcsa |
1946 | Therocephalia Kuhn p. 57 |
1954 | Therocephalia Haughton and Brink p. 7 |
1954 | Therocephalia Huene p. 33 |
1966 | Therocephalia Olson p. 302 |
1982 | Therocephalia Kemp p. 349 |
1988 | Therocephalia Carroll |
1989 | Therocephalia Gauthier et al. p. 341 fig. 7 |
2000 | Therocephalia Battail and Surkov p. 108 |
2001 | Therocephalia Rubidge and Sidor |
2008 | Therocephalia Abdala et al. p. 1012 |
2011 | Therocephalia Ivakhnenko |
2017 | Therocephalia Huttenlocker and Smith |
2019 | Therocephalia Liu and Abdala |
2020 | Therocephalia Liu and Abdala |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Or. †Therocephalia Broom 1903
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Fm. †Alopecodontidae Broom 1932
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G. †Alopecodon Broom 1908
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†Alopecodon goeriachensis Toula 1884
†Alopecodon priscus Broom
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Invalid names: Alopecodon minor Broom 1925 [synonym], Alopecodon rugosus Broom [synonym]
Unr. †Eutherocephalia Hopson and Barghusen 1986
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Fm. †Akidnognathidae Nopcsa 1923
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G. †Moschorhinus Broom 1920
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†Moschorhinus kitchingi Broom 1920
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Invalid names: Moschorhinus esterhuyseni Broom 1940 [synonym], Moschorhinus minor Broom 1936 [synonym], Moschorhinus natalensis Brink 1958 [synonym], Moschorhinus warreni Broom 1907 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cerdops Broom 1948 [synonym], Cerdops burgheri Broom 1948 [nomen dubium]
G. †Olivierosuchus Kammerer and Sidor 2002
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†Olivierosuchus parringtoni Brink 1965
Invalid names: Olivieria Brink 1965 [replaced]
Superfm. †Baurioidea Broom 1911
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Unr. †Bauriamorpha Watson
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Fm. †Bauriidae Watson 1911
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G. †Bauria Broom 1909
G. †Hazhenia Sun and Hou 1981
G. †Microhelodon Broom 1931
G. †Sesamondontoides Broom 1950
G. †Traversodontoides Young 1974
Invalid names: Bauriinae Broom 1911 [empty], Dongusaurus Vjuschkov 1964 [nomen dubium], Dongusaurus schepetovi Vjuschkov 1964 [nomen dubium], Nothogomphodontinae Tatarinov 1974 [empty]
Fm. †Ericiolacertidae Watson and Romer 1956
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G. †Ericiolacerta Watson 1931
G. †Silphedosuchus Tatarinov 1977
Fm. †Nothogomphodontidae Tatarinov 1974
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G. †Microgomphodon Seeley 1895
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Invalid names: Herpetogale Keyser and Brink 1977 [synonym], Melinodon Broom 1905 [synonym], Sesamodon Broom 1905 [synonym], Watsoniella Broili and Schroeder 1935 [synonym]
G. †Nothogomphodon Tatarinov 1974
Fm. †Ictidosuchidae Broom 1903
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G. †Ictidosuchops Broom 1938
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†Ictidosuchops baurioides Broom 1940
†Ictidosuchops intermedius Broom 1938
†Ictidosuchops rubidgei Broom 1938
Invalid names: Ictidosuchoides Broom 1931 [synonym]
Fm. †Karenitidae Tatarinov 1997
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G. †Karenites Tatarinov 1995
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†Karenites ornamentatus Tatarinov 1995
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Invalid names: Scalopodon tenuisfrons Tatarinov 1999 [synonym]
Invalid names: Scalopodon Tatarinov 1999 [synonym]
Fm. †Lycideopidae Broom 1931
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G. †Tetracynodon Broom and Robinson 1948
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†Tetracynodon darti Sigogneau 1963
†Tetracynodon tenuis Broom and Robinson 1948
Invalid names: Ictidosuchopsidae Hopson and Barghausen 1986 [empty], Pedaeosaurus Colbert and Kitching 1981 [nomen dubium], Rhigosaurus Colbert and Kitching 1981 [nomen dubium], Silphedosuchidae Battail 1991 [empty]
Fm. †Chthonosauridae Tatarinov 1974
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Superfm. †Perplexisauroidea Tatarinov 2000
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Fm. †Perplexisauridae Tatarinov 2000
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G. †Perplexisaurus Tatarinov 1997
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†Perplexisaurus foveatus Tatarinov 1997
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Invalid names: Chlynovia serridentatus Tatarinov 2000 [synonym]
†Perplexisaurus lepusculus Ivakhnenko 2011
Invalid names: Chlynovia Tatarinov 2000 [synonym]
Subor. †Scaloposaurida Haughton 1924
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Superfm. †Lycideopoidea Broom 1931
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Fm. †Annatherapsididae Kuhn 1963
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Fm. †Scaloposauridae Broom 1914
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G. †Blattoidealestes Boonstra 1954
G. †Icticephalus Broom 1915
G. †Nanictocephalus Broom 1940
G. †Pelictosuchus Broom 1940
G. †Polycynodon Broom 1940
G. †Scalopocephalus Huene 1937
G. †Scalopolacerta Mendrez and Carroll 1979
G. †Scaloporhinus Boonstra 1953
G. †Scaloposaurus Owen 1876
Subfm. †Tetracynodontinae Ivakhnenko 2011
G. †Zorillodontops Cluver 1969
Invalid names: Ictidoparia Broom 1925 [nomen dubium], Ictidoparia brevirostris Broom 1925 [nomen dubium], Simorhinella Broom 1915 [nomen dubium], Simorhinella baini Broom 1915 [nomen dubium]
Superfm. †Moschorhinoidea Brink 1954
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Fm. †Moschorhinidae Brink 1958
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G. †Akidnognathus Haughton 1918
G. †Euchambersia Broom 1931
Invalid names: Annatherapsidinae Kuhn 1961 [empty]
Invalid names: Moschowhaitsiidae Tatarinov 1963 [empty]
Superfm. †Nanictidopoidea Watson and Romer 1956
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Invalid names: Ictidosuchoidea Brink 1965 [empty], Nothogomphodontoidea Tatarinov 1974 [empty], Scalopognathoidea Tatarinov 1974 [empty], Scaloposauroidea Haughton 1924 [empty]
Superfm. †Whaitsioidea Haughton 1918
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Fm. †Whaitsiidae Haughton 1918
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G. †Moschowhaitsia Tatarinov 1963
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†Moschowhaitsia vjuschkovi Tatarinov 1963
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Invalid names: Hexacynodon purlinensis Tatarinov 1974 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hexacynodon Tatarinov 1963 [synonym]
G. †Theriognathus Owen 1876
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†Theriognathus microps Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Alopecopsis atavus Broom 1920 [synonym], Hyenosaurus platyceps Broom 1935 [synonym], Whaitsia major Broom 1931 [synonym], Whaitsia platyceps Haughton 1918 [synonym]
Invalid names: Alopecopsis Broom 1920 [synonym], Hyenosaurus Broom 1935 [synonym], Whaitsia Haughton 1918 [synonym]
Invalid names: Moschowhaitsiinae Tatarinov 1963 [empty]
G. †Gorynychus Kammerer and Masyutin 2018
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†Gorynychus masyutinae Kammerer and Masyutin 2018
†Gorynychus sundyrensis Suchkova and Golubev 2019
G. †Ictidognathus Broom 1911
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†Ictidognathus hemburyi Broom 1912
†Ictidognathus parvidens Broom 1911
Subor. †Lycosuchida Ivakhnenko 2011
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Superfm. †Lycosuchoidea Nopcsa 1923
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Fm. †Kotelcephalonidae Ivakhnenko 2011
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Fm. †Lycosuchidae Haughton and Brink 1954
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G. †Trochosaurus Broom 1913
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†Trochosaurus acutus Broom
†Trochosaurus dirus Broom 1936
†Trochosaurus intermedius Haughton 1913
†Trochosaurus major Broom 1932
Fm. †Pristerognathidae Broom 1908
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G. †Alopecognathus Broom 1915
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†Alopecognathus angusticeps Broom 1915
†Alopecognathus megalops Broom 1937
Subfm. †Pristerognathinae Boonstra 1969
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G. †Cynariognathus Broom 1931
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†Cynariognathus gallowayi Broom 1936
†Cynariognathus paucioridens Boonstra 1954
†Cynariognathus platyrhinus Broom 1912
†Cynariognathus seeleyi Broili and Schröder 1936
G. †Pristerognathoides Boonstra 1954
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†Pristerognathoides minor Haughton 1918
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Invalid names: Alopecognathus minor Haughton 1918 [replaced]
†Pristerognathoides parvus Boonstra 1954
†Pristerognathoides roggeveldensis Boonstra 1953
†Pristerognathoides vanwyki Broom 1925
Invalid names: Maraisaurus Boonstra 1953 [synonym]
G. †Pristerognathus Seeley 1895
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†Pristerognathus peyeri Broili and Schröder 1936
†Pristerognathus platyrhinus Broom 1912
†Pristerognathus vanderbyli Broom 1936
Invalid names: Hyorhynchus platyceps Seeley 1889 [nomen dubium], Pristerognathus baini Broom 1904 [nomen dubium], Pristerognathus polyodon Broom [nomen dubium]
Subfm. †Scymnosaurinae Boonstra 1968
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G. †Scymnosaurus Broom 1903
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†Scymnosaurus ferox Broom 1903
†Scymnosaurus major Boonstra 1954
†Scymnosaurus watsoni Broom 1915
Subor. †Scylacosaurida Ivakhnenko 2011
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Fm. †Scylacosuchidae Ivakhnenko 2011
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Invalid names: Alopecopsidae Haughton 1924 [empty], Arnognathus Broom 1907 [invalid subgroup], Arnognathus parvidens Broom 1907 [invalid subgroup], Euchambersiidae Boonstra 1934 [empty], Pristerosauria Hopson and Barghausen 1986 [empty], Regisauridae Hopson and Barghausen 1986 [empty], Simorhinellidae Mendrez 1975 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available