- Anomodont
Taxobox
name = Anomodontia
fossil_range = MiddlePermian -Early Cretaceous *Thulborn, T. & Turner, S. 2003. The last dicynodont: an Australian Cretaceous relict. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270, 985-993. [http://www.jstor.org/pss/3558635 Abstract.] ]
image_width = 245px
image_caption = "Eodicynodon "
regnum =Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Synapsid a
ordo =Therapsida
subordo = Anomodontia
subordo_authority = Owen, 1859
subdivision_ranks = Groups
subdivision = "Anomocephalus " "Patranomodon "Venyukoviidae Dromasauria Dicynodont iaThe Anomodontia are one of the three major groups oftherapsid s, an extinct group of animals commonly known as "mammal-like reptiles." They were mostly toothless herbivores. During the Middle Permian they were very diverse, including groups like the Venyukovioidea, theDromasaur ia theDicynodont ia, and early very primitive forms like "Anomocephalus" and "Patranomodon". Of these only the Dicynodonts survived to the Late Permian, and became the most successful and abundant of all Permian herbivores, filling ecological niches ranging from large browsers down to small burrowers. Only two dicynodont families survived thePermian–Triassic extinction event , one of which, theLystrosauridae , soon gave rise to theKannemeyeridae . These latter were large, stocky, beaked animals that remained the dominant terrestrial herbivore right up until the LateTriassic , when changing conditions (perhaps increasing aridity) caused them to decline and eventually die out.Taxonomy
* Order
Therapsid a
* SUBORDER ANOMODONTIA
** "Anomocephalus "
** "Patranomodon "
** "Venyukoviamorpha
*** FamilyVenyukoviidae
**** "Otsheria "
**** "Suminia"
**InfraorderDromasauria
*** FamilyGaleopidae
**InfraorderDicynodont ia
*** FamilyEodicynodontidae
*** "Colobodectes "
*** FamilyEndothiodontidae
*** Pristerodontia
**** FamilyPristerodontidae
**** FamilyOudenodontidae
**** FamilyAulacocephalodontidae
**** FamilyLystrosauridae
**** FamilyDicynodontidae
**** Superfamily Kannemeyeriiformes
***** FamilyShansiodontidae
***** FamilyStahleckeriidae
***** FamilyKannemeyeriidae
*** Diictodontia
**** "Robertia "
**** FamilyDiictodontidae
**** Superfamily Emydopoidea
***** FamilyEmydopidae
***** FamilyCistecephalidae
*** Kingorioidea
**** FamilyKingoriidae ee also
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Theriodont
*Dinocephalia
*Biarmosuchia ns
*Evolution of mammals References
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