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Traversodontidae
Taxonomy
Traversodontidae was named by Huene (1936). It is not extant. Its type is Traversodon.
It was assigned to Cynodontia by Kuhn (1946); to Tritylodontoidea by Barbarena (1974) and Carroll (1988); to Cynodontia by Battail and Surkov (2000); to Eucynodontia by Kemp (1982) and Abdala and Ribeiro (2003); to Gomphognathoidea by Tatarinov (2008); and to Gomphodontia by Bonaparte (2012) and Hendrickx et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Cynodontia by Kuhn (1946); to Tritylodontoidea by Barbarena (1974) and Carroll (1988); to Cynodontia by Battail and Surkov (2000); to Eucynodontia by Kemp (1982) and Abdala and Ribeiro (2003); to Gomphognathoidea by Tatarinov (2008); and to Gomphodontia by Bonaparte (2012) and Hendrickx et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Andescynodon (syn. Rusconiodon), Arctotraversodon, Colbertosaurus (syn. Colbertia), Dadadon, Etjoia, Exaeretodon (syn. Proexaeretodon, Ischignathus), Gomphodontosuchinae, Habayia, Luangwa, Mandagomphodon, Massetognathus, Maubeugia, Menadon, Microscalenodon, Nanogomphodon, Paratraversodon, Pascualgnathus, Plinthogomphodon, Protuberum, Rosieria, Ruberodon, Santacruzodon, Scalenodon, Scalenodontinae, Scalenodontoides (syn. Belesodon), Sinognathinae, Siriusgnathus, Theropsodon njalilus, Traversodontinae
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1936 | Traversodontidae Huene |
| 1946 | Traversodontidae Kuhn p. 57 |
| 1950 | Theropsodon njalilus Huene |
| 1974 | Traversodontidae Barbarena p. 56 |
| 1982 | Traversodontidae Kemp p. 349 |
| 1988 | Traversodontidae Carroll |
| 2000 | Traversodontidae Battail and Surkov |
| 2003 | Traversodontidae Abdala and Ribeiro p. 530 |
| 2008 | Traversodontidae Tatarinov |
| 2012 | Traversodontidae Bonaparte |
| 2020 | Traversodontidae Hendrickx et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Traversodontidae Huene 1936
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G. †Andescynodon Bonaparte 1969
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†Andescynodon mendozensis Bonaparte 1969
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Invalid names: Rusconiodon mignonei Bonaparte 1970 [synonym]
Invalid names: Rusconiodon Bonaparte 1970 [synonym]
G. †Colbertosaurus Minoprio 1957
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†Colbertosaurus muralis Minoprio 1954
Invalid names: Colbertia Minoprio 1954 [replaced]
G. †Exaeretodon Cabrera 1943
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†Exaeretodon argentinus Bonaparte 1962
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Invalid names: Belesodon argentinus Cabrera 1943 [replaced], Exaeretodon frenguellii Cabrera 1954 [synonym], Ischignathus sudamericanus Bonaparte 1963 [synonym], Proexaeretodon vincei Bonaparte 1963 [synonym]
†Exaeretodon major Huene 1936
†Exaeretodon riograndensis Abdala et al. 2002
†Exaeretodon statisticae Chatterjee 1982
Invalid names: Ischignathus Bonaparte 1963 [synonym], Proexaeretodon Bonaparte 1963 [synonym]
G. †Luangwa Brink 1963
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†Luangwa drysdalli Brink 1963
†Luangwa sudamericana Abdala and Sa-Teixeira 2004
G. †Massetognathus Romer 1967
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†Massetognathus ochagaviae Barbarena 1974
†Massetognathus pascuali Romer 1967
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Invalid names: Massetognathus major Romer 1972 [synonym], Massetognathus teruggii Romer 1967 [synonym], Megagomphodon oligodens Romer 1972 [synonym]
G. †Scalenodon Crompton 1955
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†Scalenodon angustifrons Parrington 1946
†Scalenodon attridgei Crompton 1972
†Scalenodon charigi Crompton 1972
†Scalenodon ribeiroae Melo et al. 2017
G. †Scalenodontoides Crompton and Ellenberger 1957
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†Scalenodontoides macrodontes Crompton and Ellenberger 1957
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Invalid names: Belesodon leribeensis Ellenberger 1970 [synonym]
Invalid names: Belesodon Huene 1936 [synonym]
Subfm. †Sinognathinae Gao et al. 2010
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Invalid names: Scalenodontinae Tatarinov 1973 [empty], Theropsodon njalilus Huene 1950 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (70 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Olenekian | China (Gansu) | Beishanodon youngi (105775) | |
| Anisian | China (Shanxi) | Sinognathus gracilis (101061) | |
| Anisian | Zambia (Eastern) | Scalenodon sp. (99437) | |
| Anisian | Namibia (Omingonde Basin) | Etjoia dentitransitus (214295) | |
| Anisian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Exaeretodon sp. (227834) | |
| Anisian | Tanzania (Ruvuma) | Gomphodontosuchus brasiliensis (105298) Scalenodon angustifrons (196737) Scalenodon attridgei (159741) Scalenodon hirschsoni (105699) Scalenodon sp. (136890) Theropsodon njalilus (105767) Trirachodon angustifrons (105297) | |
| Anisian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Andescynodon mendozensis, Rusconiodon mignonei (101828) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | Namibia | Massetognathus sp. (99492) Trirachodon sp. (99540 99543) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Luangwa sudamericana (106507) | |
| Ladinian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Massetognathus ochagaviae (107353) Massetognathus ochagaviae, Protuberum cabralensis, Scalenodon ribeiroae (99237) Massetognathus sp. (93693 117926) Protuberum cabralense (228664 237081) Protuberum cabralensis (92809) Traversodon major (48659) Traversodon stahleckeri (72141 99415) Traversodon stahleckeri, Traversodon major (99424) | |
| Ladinian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Cynodontia indet. (13271) Massetognathus major (60301) Massetognathus pascuali (13003 26092) Massetognathus pascuali, Massetognathus teruggii (60300) Megagomphodon oligodens (60302) | |
| Longobardian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Nanogomphodon wildi (99426) | |
| Ladinian - Carnian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Luangwa sudamericana, Paratraversodon franciscaensis (214440) Protuberum cabralense (194387) | |
| Ladinian - Carnian | Madagascar (Toliara) | Dadadon isaloi (100373) Menadon besairiei (96281 96282) T. nov. sp. 2, T. nov. sp. 1, Menadon besairiei, Dadadon isaloi (96283) | |
| Carnian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Exaeretodon riograndensis (203745) Massetognathus ochagaviae, Menadon sp., T. type 2 (98598) Siriusgnathus niemeyerorum (196738) | |
| Carnian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Ruberodon roychowdhurii (173722) | |
| Carnian | Zimbabwe (Mashonaland Central) | Gomphodontosuchinae indet. (228331 228333) | |
| Carnian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Exaeretodon frenguellii (196384) | |
| Carnian | Argentina (San Juan) | Exaeretodon sp. (52742) | |
| Carnian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Scalenodontoides plemmyridon (89088) Traversodontidae indet. (89080) | |
| Carnian - Norian | USA (North Carolina) | Plinthogomphodon herpetairus (32343) | |
| Carnian - Norian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Exaeretodon riograndensis (98623 175572) Gomphodontosuchus brasiliensis (72086) Gomphodontosuchus sp. (56189) | |
| Carnian - Norian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Andescynodon mendozensis (192149) | |
| Carnian - Norian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Exaeretodon statisticae (98628) | |
| Julian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Pascualgnathus polanskii (98604) | |
| Tuvalian | Argentina (San Juan) | Exaeretodon sp., Exaeretodon frenguellii (24877) | |
| Norian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Siriusgnathus niemeyerorum (205841 205842) | |
| Norian | USA (Arizona) | Traversodontidae indet. (49500) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Scalenodontoides macrodontes (105771) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | Lesotho (Leribe) | Belesodon leribeensis (106568) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | Lesotho (Mohale's Hoek) | Scalenodontoides macrodontes (105770) | |
| Alaunian | Luxembourg (Diekirch) | Traversodontidae indet. (56047) | |
| Rhaetian | France (Lorraine) | Microscalenodon sp., Maubeugia lotharingica, Rosieria sp., Rosieria delsatei (36106) | |
| Rhaetian | Belgium (Gaume) | Microscalenodon nanus (114131) Traversodontidae indet., Habayia halbardieri (68882) |