Akidnognathidae

Akidnognathidae Temporal range: Late Permian
Moschorhinus kitchingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Synapsida
Order:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Therocephalia
clade:	†Scylacosauria
Infraorder:	†Eutherocephalia
Family:	†Akidnognathidae Haughton and Brink, 1954
Clades
Akidnognathus Brink, 1960[1] Olivierosuchus Brink, 1965 Promoschorhynchus Brink, 1954[1] Annatherapsinae Kuhn, 1961[1] Annatherapsidus Kuhn, 1961[1] Chthonosaurus Vjuschkov, 1955[1] Euchambersinae Euchambersia Moschorhininae Moschorhinus (type)
Synonyms
Moschorhinidae Brink, 1958[1] Euchambersidae Hopson & Berghusen, 1986[1]

Akidnognathidae is a family of small therocephalian therapsids.

Ecology

A Moschorhinus with its prey.

Akidnognathids were carnivores, hunting prey such as Dicynodonts.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Mikko's Phylogeny Archive". http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/theriodontia/therocephalia.html&ei=RWflS_z_OpCSNuCEzYUI&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=12&ved=0CEwQ7gEwCw&prev=/search%3Fq%3DAkidnognathidae%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3D22P%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official. Retrieved May 8, 2010. 

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