Epicynodontia
| Epicynodontia | |
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| Skeleton of Thrinaxodon liorhinus , a basal epicynodont
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| Sperm whale, a modern-day epicynodont | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida
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| Clade: | Cynodontia
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| Clade: | Epicynodontia Hopson & Kitching, 2001 |
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Epicynodontia is a
Mammalia and excluding Procynosuchus, a Late Permian genus that is one of the most basal cynodonts.[1]
Below is a cladogram from Pusch et al. (2023) showing one hypothesis of cynodont relationships:[2]
| Cynodontia |
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References
- ^ Hopson, J.A.; Kitching, J.W. (2001). "A probainognathian cynodont from South Africa and the phylogeny of nonmammalian cynodonts". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 156 (1): 5–35.
- S2CID 257419409.