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Tritheledon

Tritheledontidae

Taxonomy
Tritheledon was named by Broom (1930). Its type is Tritheledon riconoi. It is the type genus of Tritheledontidae.

It was assigned to Theriodontia by Haughton (1924); to Ictidosauria by Broom (1930); and to Tritheledontidae by Broom (1912) and Carroll (1988).

Species
T. riconoi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Tritheledon Broom
1924Tritheledon Haughton
1930Tritheledon Broom p. 336
1930Trithelodon Broom p. 367
1988Tritheledon Carroll

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

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.

G. †Tritheledon Broom 1930
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†Tritheledon riconoi Broom 1912
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available