Theledectinae
Theledectinae Temporal range: Early-Middle Triassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | †Parareptilia |
Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
Family: | †Procolophonidae |
Subfamily: | †Theledectinae Cisneros, 2008 |
Genera | |
Theledectinae is an extinct subfamily of parareptiles within the family Procolophonidae. Theledectines existed in South Africa, China and Australia during the Early-Middle Triassic period (Induan to Anisian stages). Theledectinae was named by Juan Carlos Cisneros in 2008 to include the genus Theledectes, and the species "Eumetabolodon" dongshengensis. "E." dongshengensis represents a new genus from China. Cladistically, it is defined as "All taxa more closely related to Theledectes perforatus (Gow, 1977a) than to Procolophon trigoniceps Owen, 1876".[1] In 2020, Hamley add the new genus Eomurruna from Australia to this subfamily[2]
References[]
- ^ Juan Carlos Cisneros (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of procolophonid parareptiles with remarks on their geological record". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 6 (3): 345–366. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002350.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^ Tim Hamley; Juan C. Cisneros; Ross Damiani (2020). "A procolophonid reptile from the Lower Triassic of Australia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Online edition. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa056.
Categories:
- Procolophonids
- Triassic parareptiles
- Triassic reptiles of Africa
- Triassic reptiles of Asia
- Mesozoic reptiles of Australia
- Triassic reptile stubs