Eucynodontia Temporal range: Early Triassic - Early Cretaceous (non-mammalian) |
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Cynognathus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | Epicynodontia |
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Eucynodontia Kemp, 1982 |
Subgroups | |
Eucynodontia ("true dog teeth") is a clade of cynodont therapsids including mammals and most non-mammalian cynodonts. The oldest eucynodonts are known from the Early Triassic and possibly Late Permian. Eucynodontia includes two major subgroups, Cynognathia and Probainognathia.