Gomphodontosuchinae Temporal range: Triassic |
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Skull of the gomphodontosuchine Exaeretodon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Traversodontidae |
Subfamily: |
†Gomphodontosuchinae Watson and Romer, 1956 |
Subgroups | |
See text. |
See text.
Gomphodontosuchinae is a subfamily of Triassic traversodontid cynodonts. It includes the genera Gomphodontosuchus, Exaeretodon, Menadon, and Scalenodontoides.
Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships of gomphodontosuchines from Kammerer et al. (2008):