Neotherapsida

Neotherapsida Temporal range: Early Permian–Early Cretaceous Descendant taxon Mammalia survives to the present. PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Oligokyphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Synapsida
Order:	Therapsida
(unranked):	Eutherapsida
(unranked):	Neotherapsida Hopson, 1999
Subgroups
†Anomodontia Owen, 1859[1] Theriodontia Owen, 1876[2]

Neotherapsida is a clade of therapsids. It includes anomodonts and the more derived theriodonts, which include mammals.

Distribution

Permian

In the Permian time period, Neotherapsids lived in Germany, India, Madagascar, Niger, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States in Texas, and Zambia.^[3]

Severodvinian

In the Severodvinian age of the Tatarian stage of the Permian time period, Neotherapsids lived in Russia.^[3][4]

Triassic

In the Triassic, Neotherapsids lived in Antarctica, Argentina, Brazil, China, Germany, Lesotho, Morocco, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, and United States in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.^[3]

Jurassic

In the Jurassic time period, the Neotherapsids lived in Lesotho.^[3]

Cretaceous

In the Cretaceous period, the Neotherapsids lived in Australia and Russia.

Classification

The Neotherapsida was classified as a sub group of the clade Eutherapsida by J. A. Hopson in 1999.^[3]

Relatives

Main article: Dinocephalia

Taxonomy

Anomodontia

Otsheria, an Anomodont.

Anomocephalus

Aulacocephalodon

Kannemeyeria

• SUBORDER ANOMODONTIA
  • (unranked)Venjukoviamorpha
    • Family Otsheridae
    • Family Venjukoviidae
  • Infraorder Dromasauria
    • Family Galeopidae
  • Infraorder Dicynodontia
    • Family Endothiodontidae
    • Family Eodicynodontidae
    • Superfamily Kingorioidea
      • Family Kingoriidae
    • Diictodontia
      • Superfamily Emydopoidea
        • Family Cistecephalidae
        • Family Emydopidae
      • Superfamily Robertoidea
      • Family Diictodontidae
      • Family Robertiidae
    • Pristerodontia
      • Family Aulacocephalodontidae
      • Family Dicynodontidae
      • Family Kannemeyeriidae
      • Family Lystrosauridae
      • Family Oudenodontidae
      • Family Pristerodontidae
      • Family Shansiodontidae
      • Family Stahleckeriidae

Groups of Theriodontia

Scylacosaurus, a theriodont.

Mammalians, like humans and horses, evolved from theriodonts.

• Biarmosuchia
• Eotitanosuchia
• Theriodontia
  • Gorgonopsia
  • Therocephalia
  • Cynodontia
    • Diviniidae
    • Mammalia
    • Procynosuchidae
    • Galesauridae
    • Thrinaxodontidae
    • Cynognathidae
    • gomphodonts
    • Chiniquodontidae
    • Probainognathidae
    • Tritheledontidae (Ictidosauria)

See also

• Anomodontia
• Theriodontia

References

1. ^ The Paleobiology Database: Anomodontia
2. ^ The Paleobiology Database: Theriodontia
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} The Paleobiology Database: {{subst:PAGENAME}}
4. ^ Palæos

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Related categories

Synapsids · Therapsids