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Therocephalia

Therocephalia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Therocephalia Broom p. 292
1904Therocephalia Osborn p. 101
1907Arnognathus Broom p. 38
1907Arnognathus parvidens Broom p. 38 figs. 6 pl. III
1910Therocephalia Gregory p. 464
1911Therocephali Jaekel p. 182
1913Arnognathus Broom
1913Arnognathus parvidens Broom
1913Therocephalia Broom p. 362
1923Therocephalia Nopcsa
1946Therocephalia Kuhn p. 57
1954Therocephalia Haughton and Brink p. 7
1954Therocephalia Huene p. 33
1966Therocephalia Olson p. 302
1982Therocephalia Kemp p. 349
1988Therocephalia Carroll
1989Therocephalia Gauthier et al. p. 341 fig. 7
2000Therocephalia Battail and Surkov p. 108
2001Therocephalia Rubidge and Sidor
2008Therocephalia Abdala et al. p. 1012
2011Therocephalia Ivakhnenko
2017Therocephalia Huttenlocker and Smith
2019Therocephalia Liu and Abdala
2020Therocephalia Liu and Abdala

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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()
orderTherocephalia
orderTherocephalia

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. †Alopecideops Broom 1932
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Alopecideops gracilis Broom 1932
G. †Alopecodon Broom 1908
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Invalid names: Alopecodon minor Broom 1925 [synonym], Alopecodon rugosus Broom [synonym]
G. †Pardosuchus Broom 1908
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Pardosuchus whaitsi Broom 1908
G. †Alopecorhinus Broom 1912
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Subor. †Bauriida Broom 1911
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Fm. †Scalopognathidae Tatarinov 1974
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G. †Scalopognathus Tatarinov 1974
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Fm. †Crapartinellidae Mendrez 1975
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G. †Crapartinella Mendrez 1975
Unr. †Eutherocephalia Hopson and Barghusen 1986
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Fm. †Akidnognathidae Nopcsa 1923
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G. †Cerdosuchoides Broom 1936
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G. †Cerdosuchus Broom 1936
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Cerdosuchus aulodon Broom 1936
G. †Jiufengia Liu and Abdala 2019
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Jiufengia jiai Liu and Abdala 2019
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. †Notaelurodon Broom 1936
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Notaelurodon kitchingi Broom 1936
G. †Olivierosuchus Kammerer and Sidor 2002
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Invalid names: Olivieria Brink 1965 [replaced]
G. †Promoschorhynchus Brink 1954
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G. †Shiguaignathus Liu and Abdala 2017
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Shiguaignathus wangi Liu and Abdala 2017
Superfm. †Baurioidea Broom 1911
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Unr. †Bauriamorpha Watson
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Fm. †Bauriidae Watson 1911
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G. †Antecosuchus Tatarinov 1973
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Invalid names: Neotrirachodon Tatarinov 2002 [synonym]
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
G. †Notictoides Sidor et al. 2022
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Notictoides absens Sidor et al. 2022
Fm. †Ordosidae Hou 1979
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G. †Ordosiodon Young 1961
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Invalid names: Ordosia Hou 1979 [synonym]
Fm. †Ictidosuchidae Broom 1903
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G. †Ictidosuchops Broom 1938
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Ictidosuchops rubidgei Broom 1938
Invalid names: Ictidosuchoides Broom 1931 [synonym]
G. †Ictidosuchus Broom 1900
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Ictidosuchus primaevus Broom 1900
G. †Nanictidops Broom 1940
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Nanictidops kitchingi Broom 1940
G. †Scalopodontes Tatarinov 2000
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Scalopodontes kotelnichi Tatarinov 2000
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]
G. †Mupashi Huttenlocker and Sidor 2016
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Mupashi migrator Huttenlocker and Sidor 2016
Fm. †Lycideopidae Broom 1931
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G. †Choerosaurus Haughton 1929
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Choerosaurus dejageri Haughton 1929
G. †Lycideops Broom 1931
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Lycideops longiceps Broom 1931
G. †Tetracynodon Broom and Robinson 1948
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Tetracynodon darti Sigogneau 1963
Tetracynodon tenuis Broom and Robinson 1948
G. †Regisaurus Mendrez 1972
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Regisaurus jacobi Mendrez 1972
G. †Scaloposuchus Broom 1940
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Scaloposuchus rubidgei Broom 1940
G. †Silphoictidoides Huene 1950
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G. †Urumchia Young 1952
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Urumchia lii Young 1952
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]
G. †Caodeyao Liu and Abdala 2020
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Caodeyao liuyufengi Liu and Abdala 2020
Fm. †Chthonosauridae Tatarinov 1974
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G. †Chthonosaurus Vjushkov 1955
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Chthonosaurus velocidens Vjuschkov 1955
G. †Ichibengops Huttenlocker et al. 2015
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Ichibengops munyamadziensis Huttenlocker et al. 2015
G. †Dalongkoua Liu and Abdala 2017
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Dalongkoua fuae Liu and Abdala 2017
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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G. †Annatherapsidus Kuhn 1963
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Invalid names: Anna Amalitzky 1922 [replaced]
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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G. †Gorochovetzia Ivakhnenko 2011
Fm. †Nanictidopidae Watson and Romer 1956
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G. †Purlovia Ivakhnenko 2011
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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G. †Hofmeyria Broom 1935
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Hofmeyria atavus Broom 1935
G. †Ictidostoma Broom 1931
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Ictidostoma hemburyi Broom 1911
G. †Ophidostoma Huttenlocker and Smith 2017
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Ophidostoma tatarinovi Huttenlocker and Smith 2017
Fm. †Whaitsiidae Haughton 1918
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G. †Ictidochampsa Broom 1948
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G. †Megawhaitsia Ivakhnenko 2008
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Megawhaitsia patrichae Ivakhnenko 2008
G. †Microwhaitsia Huttenlocker and Smith 2017
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Microwhaitsia mendrezi Huttenlocker and Smith 2017
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]
G. †Viatkosuchus Tatarinov 1995
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Viatkosuchus sumini Tatarinov 1995
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
Subor. †Lycosuchida Ivakhnenko 2011
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Superfm. †Lycosuchoidea Nopcsa 1923
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Fm. †Kotelcephalonidae Ivakhnenko 2011
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G. †Kotelcephalon Tatarinov 1999
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Kotelcephalon viatkensis Tatarinov 1999
Fm. †Lycosuchidae Haughton and Brink 1954
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G. †Hyaenasuchus Broom 1908
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G. †Lycosuchus Broom 1903
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Lycosuchus vanderrieti Broom 1903
G. †Porosteognathus Vjuschkov 1952
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Porosteognathus efremovi Vjuschkov 1952
G. †Trochorhinus Broom 1936
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G. †Trochosaurus Broom 1913
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Trochosaurus dirus Broom 1936
Trochosaurus intermedius Haughton 1913
Trochosaurus major Broom 1932
G. †Mirotenthes Attridge 1956
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Mirotenthes digitipes Attridge 1956
Fm. †Pristerognathidae Broom 1908
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G. †Alopecognathus Broom 1915
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Subfm. †Pristerognathinae Boonstra 1969
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G. †Alepognathus Boonstra 1931
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Alepognathus angustioriceps Boonstra 1931
G. †Cynariognathus Broom 1931
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Cynariognathus paucioridens Boonstra 1954
Cynariognathus seeleyi Broili and Schröder 1936
G. †Lycedops Broom 1936
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Lycedops scholtzi Broom 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
Invalid names: Maraisaurus Boonstra 1953 [synonym]
G. †Pristerognathus Seeley 1895
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Pristerognathus peyeri Broili and Schröder 1936
G. †Therioides Boonstra 1953
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Therioides cyniscus Boonstra 1953
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. †Pristerosaurus Boonstra 1954
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Pristerosaurus microdon Boonstra 1954
G. †Ptomalestes Boonstra 1954
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Ptomalestes avidus Boonstra 1954
G. †Scymnosaurus Broom 1903
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Scymnosaurus ferox Broom 1903
Scymnosaurus major Boonstra 1954
Scymnosaurus watsoni Broom 1915
G. †Zinnosaurus Boonstra 1964
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Zinnosaurus paucidens Boonstra 1964
Subor. †Pristerosaurida Tatarinov 2008
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Invalid names: Scylacosauroidea Broom 1903 [empty]
G. †Scylacoides Broom 1915
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Scylacoides ferox Broom 1915
Subor. †Scylacosaurida Ivakhnenko 2011
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Fm. †Scylacosauridae Broom 1903
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G. †Glanosuchus Broom 1904
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Glanosuchus macrops Broom 1904
G. †Ictidosaurus Broom 1903
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G. †Julognathus Suchkova and Golubev 2019
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Julognathus crudelis Suchkova and Golubev 2019
Invalid names: Scylacosaurinae Broom 1903 [empty]
Fm. †Scylacosuchidae Ivakhnenko 2011
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G. †Scylacosuchus Tatarinov 1968
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Scylacosuchus orenburgensis Tatarinov 1968
G. †Scylacosaurus Broom 1903
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Scylacosaurus sclateri Broom 1903
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Invalid names: Scylacorhinus falkenbachi Broom 1915 [synonym]
Invalid names: Scylacorhinus Broom 1915 [synonym]
G. †Tigrisuchus Owen 1876
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G. †Trochosuchus Broom 1908
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Trochosuchus acutus Broom 1908
Trochosuchus major Broom 1915
G. †Yikezhaogia Li 1984
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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