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Eutherapsida

Taxonomy
Eutherapsida is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Therapsida by Hopson (1999); to Therapsida by Rubidge and Sidor (2001); and to Theromorpha by Ivakhnenko (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Eutherapsida Hopson p. 1257 fig. 1
2001Eutherapsida Rubidge and Sidor
2008Eutherapsida Ivakhnenko

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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()
Eutherapsida
Eutherapsida

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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Subor. †Dinocephalia Seeley 1894
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Superfm. †Anteosauria Boonstra 1962
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Fm. †Anteosauridae Boonstra 1954
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Subfm. †Anteosaurinae Boonstra 1954
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G. †Anteosaurus Watson 1921
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Invalid names: Micranteosaurus Boonstra 1954 [synonym], Paranteosaurus Boonstra 1954 [synonym], Pseudanteosaurus Boonstra 1954 [synonym], Titanognathus Broili and Schröder 1935 [synonym]
G. †Titanophoneus Efremov 1940
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Invalid names: Doliosauriscus Kuhn 1961 [synonym]
G. †Archaeosyodon Tchudinov 1960
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Archaeosyodon praeventor Tchudinov 1960
G. †Chthomaloporus Chudinov 1964
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Chthomaloporus lenocinator Tchudinov 1964
G. †Microsyodon Ivakhnenko 1995
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Microsyodon orlovi Ivakhnenko 1995
G. †Sinophoneus Cheng and Ji 1996
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Sinophoneus yumenensis Cheng and Ji 1996
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Invalid names: Stenocybus acidentatus Cheng and Li 1997 [synonym]
Invalid names: Stenocybus Cheng and Li 1997 [synonym]
Subfm. †Syodontinae Ivachnenko 1994
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G. †Australosyodon Rubidge 1994
G. †Notosyodon Tchudinov 1968
G. †Pampaphoneus Cisneros et al. 2012
G. †Syodon Kutorga 1838
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Invalid names: Cliorhizodon Twelvetrees 1880 [synonym]
Invalid names: Admetophoneus Efremov 1954 [nomen dubium], Admetophoneus kargalensis Efremov 1954 [nomen dubium], Archaeosuchus Broom 1905 [nomen dubium], Archaeosuchus cairncrossi Broom 1905 [nomen dubium], Eccasaurus Broom 1909 [nomen dubium], Eccasaurus priscus Broom 1909 [nomen dubium]
Superfm. †Anteosauroidea Boonstra 1962
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Invalid names: Brithopidae Boonstra 1972 [empty]
G. †Davletkulia Ivachnenko 1990
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Davletkulia gigantea Ivachnenko 1990
Subor. †Dinocephalida Ivakhnenko 2008
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Infraor. †Eotitanosuchina Ivakhnenko 2008
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Fm. †Alrausuchidae Ivakhnenko 2008
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G. †Alrausuchus Ivakhnenko 2008
Infraor. †Eodeinocephalia Olson 1962
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Fm. †Brithopodidae Efremov 1954
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G. †Mnemeiosaurus Nopcsa 1923
Fm. †Driveriidae Olson 1962
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G. †Driveria Olson 1962
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Driveria ponderosa Olson 1962
Fm. †Mastersoniidae Olson 1962
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G. †Mastersonia Olson 1962
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Infraor. †Eotitanosuchida Ivakhnenko 2003
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Superfm. †Eotitanosuchoidea Tchudinov 1960
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Invalid names: Eotitanosuchidae Tchudinov 1960 [empty]
Superfm. †Microuranioidea Ivakhnenko 1995
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Fm. †Microuraniidae Ivakhnenko 1995
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G. †Microurania Ivakhnenko 1995
G. †Phreatosuchus Efremov 1954
G. †Tamboeria Seeley 1904
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Tamboeria maraisi Seeley 1904
Infraor. †Tapinocephalia
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G. †Deuterosaurus Eichwald 1848
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Deuterosaurus biarmicus Eichwald 1846
Deuterosaurus jubilaei Nopcsa 1928
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Invalid names: Uraniscosaurus watsoni Nopcsa 1928 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Mnemejosaurus Nopcsa 1928 [synonym], Ulemosaurus minutus Vjuschkov 1955 [nomen dubium]
Superfm. †Niaftasuchoidea Ivakhnenko 1990
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Fm. †Niaftasuchidae Ivakhnenko 1990
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G. †Niaftasuchus Ivakhnenko 1990
Fm. †Tapinocephalidae Owen 1876
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G. †Keratocephalus Huene 1931
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Keratocephalus moloch von Huene 1931
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Invalid names: Pelosuchus priscus Broom [synonym]
Invalid names: Pelosuchus Broom 1905 [synonym]
Subfm. †Moschopinae Boonstra 1969
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G. †Avenantia Boonstra 1952
G. †Criocephalosaurus Kammerer and Sidor 2002
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Invalid names: Criocephalus Broom 1928 [replaced]
G. †Delphinognathus Seeley 1892
G. †Moschops Broom 1911
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Invalid names: Agnosaurus Boonstra 1952 [synonym], Moschognathus Broom 1914 [synonym], Moschoides Bryne 1937 [synonym], Pnigalion Watson 1914 [synonym]
Subfm. †Riebeeckosaurinae Boonstra 1969
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G. †Riebeeckosaurus Boonstra 1952
Subfm. †Struthiocephalinae Boonstra 1969
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G. †Struthiocephaloides Boonstra 1952
G. †Struthiocephalus Haughton 1915
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Invalid names: Moschosaurus Haughton 1915 [synonym], Struthiocephalellus Boonstra 1955 [synonym]
G. †Struthionops Boonstra 1952
G. †Taurocephalus Broom 1928
Subfm. †Tapinocephalinae Lydekker 1890
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G. †Mormosaurus Watson 1914
G. †Phocosaurus Seeley 1888
G. †Tapinocaninus Rubidge 1991
G. †Tapinocephalus Owen
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Invalid names: Taurops Broom 1912 [synonym]
Invalid names: Riebeeckosaurini Boonstra 1963 [empty], Struthiocephalini Boonstra 1963 [empty], Tapinocephalini Gregory 1962 [empty]
Invalid names: Lamiasaurus Watson 1914 [nomen dubium], Lamiasaurus newtoni Watson 1914 [nomen dubium]
Superfm. †Tapinocephaloidea Owen 1876
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Fm. †Ulemosauridae Ivakhnenko 1994
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G. †Ulemosaurus Riabinin 1938
Invalid names: Brithopus Kutorga 1838 [nomen dubium], Brithopus priscus Kutorga 1838 [nomen dubium], Orthopus Kutorga 1838 [nomen dubium], Orthopus primaevus Kutorga 1838 [nomen dubium]
Infraor. †Titanosuchida
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Superfm. †Deuterosauroidea Seeley 1894
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Invalid names: Deuterosauridae Seeley 1894 [empty]
G. †Planipes Demathieu and Gand 1995
Superfm. †Titanosuchoidea Broom 1903
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Fm. †Titanosuchidae Broom 1903
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G. †Jonkeria Hoepen 1916
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Invalid names: Dinophoneus Broom 1923 [synonym], Dinopolus Broom 1936 [synonym], Dinosphageus Broom 1929 [synonym], Phoneosuchus Broom 1929 [synonym]
G. †Titanosuchus Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Parascapanodon Boonstra 1955 [synonym], Scapanodon Broom 1904 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dinartamus Broom 1923 [nomen dubium], Dinartamus vanderbyli Broom 1923 [nomen dubium], Enobius Broom 1923 [nomen dubium], Enobius strubeni Broom 1923 [nomen dubium], Scullya Broom 1929 [nomen dubium], Scullya gigas Broom 1929 [nomen dubium], Titanosuchinae Broom 1903 [empty], Titanosuchus cloetei Broom 1903 [nomen dubium], Titanosuchus dubius Haughton 1915 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Syodontidae Ivakhnenko 1994 [empty]
Invalid names: Brithopia Kemp 1982 [empty], Brithopus bashkyricus Efremov 1954 [nomen dubium], Brithopus ponderus Efremov 1954 [nomen dubium], Estemmenosuchia Kemp 1982 [empty], Estemmenosuchoidea Tchudinov 1960 [empty], Mormosauridae Boonstra 1936 [empty], Moschopidae Boonstra 1936 [empty], Moschosauridae Boonstra 1936 [empty], Stenocybusidae Cheng and Li 1997 [empty]
Unr. Neotherapsida Hopson 1999
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Or. Theriodontia Owen 1876
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Infraor. †Rubidginoidea Haughton and Brink 1954
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Invalid names: Rubidginidae Haughton and Brink 1954 [empty]
G. †Walteria Brink and Kitching 1951
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Walteria skinneri Brink and Kitching 1951
Invalid names: Eutheriodontia [empty], Lycosauria [empty], Lycosuchus mackayi Broom 1903 [nomen dubium], Scaloposauria Brink 1963 [empty], Sesamodontidae Broom 1905 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Ladinian or 279.30000 to 237.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 272.5 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ufimian279.5 - 272.5Russian Federation (Perm Krai) Syodon biarmicum (187716)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Udmurtia) Microsyodon orlovi (187322)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Microsyodon sp. (84717)
Kungurian - Roadian279.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Driveria ponderosa (80689) Mastersonia driverensis (85170)
Kazanian272.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Davletkulia gigantea (189582)
Late/Upper Kazanian - Urzhumian272.5 - 265.0Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) Biarmosuchus tagax (187646 187653) Biarmosuchus tagax, Niaftasuchus sp. (187645) Niaftasuchus zekkeli (187647) Niaftasuchus zekkeli, Alrausuchus tagax (187648)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Gansu) Stenocybus acidentatus, Sinophoneus yumenensis (85431)
Guadalupian272.3 - 259.9Zambia (Southern) Anteosauridae indet., Tapinocephalidae indet. (171619)
Guadalupian272.3 - 259.9South Africa (Western Cape) Titanosuchus ferox, Mormosaurus seeleyi (177007)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1South Africa (Western Cape) Australosyodon nyaphuli (94778) Tapinocaninus pamelae (94649)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Russian Federation Dinocephalia indet. (197588 197767)
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9Tanzania (Ruvuma) Tapinocephalidae indet. (135686)
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Pampaphoneus biccai (185751) Titanosuchidae indet., Tapinocephalidae indet., Brithopodinae indet., Anteosauroidea indet., Dinocephalia indet. (78657)
Wordian - Wuchiapingian268.8 - 254.17Brazil (Paraná) Tapinocephalidae indet. (185753)
Urzhumian268.0 - 265.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Cliorhizodon orenburgensis, Admetophoneus kargalensis, Mnemejosaurus jubilaei (87039) Dinocephalia indet. (189968) Syodon sp. (189974) Titanophoneus sp. (85487 179656 189973)
Urzhumian268.0 - 265.0Russian Federation (Perm) Archaeosyodon praeventor, Chthomaloporus lenocinator (87102)
Urzhumian268.0 - 265.0Russian Federation (Kirov) Syodon sp. (87040)
Urzhumian268.0 - 265.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Brithopus priscus, Orthopus primaevus (187931)
Tatarian268.0 - 252.3Russian Federation (Orenburg) Theriodontia indet. (196113)
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian268.0 - 252.3Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Oudenodon rugosus (187747) Titanophoneus potens, Ulemosaurus svijagensis, Cliorhizodon efremovi, Doliosaurus yanschinovi (27931)
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian268.0 - 252.3Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Notosyodon gusevi (187717)
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian268.0 - 252.3Russian Federation (Orenburg) Deuterosaurus jubilaei (187749) Deuterosaurus sp. (187750) Deuterosaurus sp., Ulemosaurus gigas, Microurania minima (124278) Syodon biarmicum (189416) Syodon sp. (187190) Syodon sp., Doliosaurus adamanteus (187191) Syodon sp., Ulemosaurus minutus (36273) Titanophoneus sp. (187748) Ulemosaurus gigas (80875 187751)
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian268.0 - 252.3Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Deuterosaurus gigas, Deuterosaurus biarmicus, Brithopus ponderus, Brithopus bashkyricus (85962)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9South Africa (Western Cape) Anteosaurus cruentus (198715) Anteosaurus minor (198694) Anteosaurus sp., Jonkeria sp. (198711) Anteosaurus sp., Tapinocephalia indet., Struthiocephalus whaitsi (198718) Criocephalosaurus sp. (171638 171639) Delphinognathus conocephalus, Moschognathus whaitsi (179623) Dinosphageus haughtoni (198719) Eccasaurus priscus, Archaeosuchus cairncrossi (198665) Jonkeria cloetei, Moschops capensis, Titanosuchus ferox, Agnosaurus pienaari, Struthiocephaloides cavifrons (176250) Jonkeria crassus (93085) Jonkeria ingens, Phocosaurus megischion (93086) Jonkeria parva (198678) Jonkeria sp. (198700) Jonkeria sp., Struthiocephalus whaitsi, Jonkeria koupensis, Anteosaurus abeli (176314) Jonkeria sp., Titanosuchus ferox, Paranteosaurus primus, Struthiocephalus whaitsi, Parascapanodon avifontis, Anteosaurus levops (93096) Keratocephalus moloch (176244) Mormosaurus sp., Parascapanodon sp. (198710) Moschops romeri (13004) Moschops sp., Avenantia kruisvleiensis, Anteosaurus acutirostris (198675) Moschops sp., Keratocephalus sp., Struthiocephaloides sp., Anteosaurus magnificus, Struthiocephalus whaitsi, Keratocephalus moloch, Anteosaurus crassifrons (176355) Parascapanodon avifontis, Anteosaurus abeli (93097) Pelosuchus priscus (198664) Phocosaurus sp. (176356) Phocosaurus sp., Parascapanodon sp., Anteosaurus major (92646) Pnigalion oweni (176349) Riebeeckosaurus longirostris (198717) Scapanodon duplessisi (176247) Scapanodon septemfonsis (198721) Struthiocephalus kitchingi (92648) Struthiocephalus milleri, Dinosuchus vorsteri (198720) Struthiocephalus rheederi (198702) Struthiocephalus whaitsi, Anteosaurus laticeps (198723) Struthiocephalus whaitsi, Moschosaurus longicesps (31777) Tamboeria maraisi, Anteosaurus magnificus (93084) Taurops macrodon (198663) Titanognathus lotzi (198697) Titanosuchus ferox, Jonkeria haughtoni (198703) Titanosuchus ferox, Parascapanodon sp. (176248) Titanosuchus ferox, Tapinocephalus atherstonei, Parascapanodon avifontis (89650) Titanosuchus strubeni, Struthiocephalus intermedius, Titanosuchus ferox, Titanosuchus cloetei, Scapanodon duplessisi, Criocephalus vanderbyli, Anteosaurus magnificus, Jonkeria truculenta, Dinartamus vanderbyli, Titanosuchus dubius, Struthiocephalus whaitsi, Taurocephalus lerouxi, Keratocephalus moloch, Phoneosuchus angusticeps, Jonkeria koupensis, Jonkeria vanderbyli, Dinopolus atrox, Struthiocephalellus parvus (86388) Walteria skinneri (198713)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9South Africa (Northern Cape) Anteosaurus abeli (198714) Dinocephalia indet. (198666) Jonkeria ingens (230333)
Late/Upper Severodvinian265.0 - 254.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Theriodontia indet. (93207)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian265.0 - 252.3Russian Federation (Orenburg) Theriodontia indet. (93027 189571)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Dinophoneus ingens, Jonkeria pugnax (178870)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lycosuchus mackayi (178109) Moschops capensis (144271)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Madagascar (Tulear) Theriodontia indet. (85506)
Vyatkian259.0 - 252.3Russian Federation (Orenburg) Microurania mikia (86484) Theriodontia indet. (189570)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Theriodontia indet. (97439)