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Cynognathidae (disused)

Cynognathidae

Taxonomy
Cynognathidae is a family.

It was assigned to Cynodontia by Kuhn (1946); to Cynodontia by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Eucynodontia by Kemp (1982); and to Cynognathoidea by Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Cynognathidae Kuhn p. 57
1954Cynognathidae Haughton and Brink p. 8
1982Cynognathidae Kemp p. 349
1988Cynognathidae Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
familyCynognathidae
familyCynognathidae

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.

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Diagnosis
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