Lycideopidae

Extinct family of therapsids

Lycideopidae
Temporal range: Late Permian - Early Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Superfamily: Baurioidea
Family: Lycideopidae
Boonstra, 1934
Genera
  • Choerosaurus
  • Lycideops
  • Tetracynodon

Lycideopidae is an extinct family of therocephalians from the Late Permian and Early Triassic of South Africa.

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Sigurdsen et al. (2012):[1]

References

  1. ^ Sigurdsen, T.; Huttenlocker, A. K.; Modesto, S. P.; Rowe, T. B.; Damiani, R. (2012). "Reassessment of the morphology and paleobiology of the therocephalian Tetracynodon darti (Therapsida), and the phylogenetic relationships of Baurioidea". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (5): 1113. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32.1113S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.688693. S2CID 84457790.
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Moschorhinus kitchingi

Viatkosuchus sumini
Ictidosuchidae
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Lycideopidae
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Taxon identifiers
Lycideopidae


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