Alternative taxonomy after Carroll, 1988
<==o †Dinocephalia Seeley, 1895 |?- †Rhopalodon wangenheimi Fischer von Waldheim, 1841 |?-o †Phreatosuchidae Efremov, 1954 | |-- †Phreatosuchus qualeni Efremov, 1954 [Dinosaurus Seeley, 1894 non Fischer, 1847] | `--o †Phreatosaurus Efremov, 1954 | |-- †P. bazhovi Efremov, 1954 [Eurosaurus Eichwald, 1860 (in partim); Rhopalodon, Seeley, 1894] | `-- †P. menneri Efremov, 1954 |?-o †Estemmenosuchidae Tchudinov, 1960 | |?- †Parabradysaurus udmurticus Efremov, 1954 [Rhopalodon murchisoni in Stuckenburg, 1898, Rhopalodon wangenheimi in Stuckenburg, 1898] | |-- †Anoplosuchus tenuirostris Tchudinov, 1968b | |--o †Estemmenosuchus Tchudinov, 1960 | | |-- †E. uralensis Tchudinov, 1960 | | `-- †E. mirabilis Tchudinov, 1968 | |-- †Molybdopygus arcanus Tchudinov, 1964 | `-- †Zopherosuchus luceus Tchudinov 1983 |-- †Anteosauria Boonstra, 1954 sensu Boonstra, 1962 [=? Deuterosauroidea Seeley, 1894] `-- †Tapinocephalia Lydekker, 1890
Dinocephalia incertae sedis:
†Pelosuchus priscus Broom, 1905
†Tappenosauridae Olson & Beerbower, 1953
†Tappenosaurus magnus Olson & Beerbower, 1953
Reference(s):
- Battail, B. & Surkov, M. V., 2000: Mammal-like reptiles from Russia. 86-119
in Benton, M. J., Shishkin, M. A., Unvin, D. M. & Kurochkin, E. N., (eds.) 2000: The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia.
–Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000, xxxix-696 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L. 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Conrad, J., 2000: Therapsida.
–iNet: Jack Conrad's Vertebrate Pages: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/1636/synapsida/therapsida.html - Ford, T. L., 2006: Taxonomic lists.
–iNet: Paleofile.com: http://www.paleofile.com/Demo/; [visited: 2006-03-03] - Kammerer, C. F. 2011: Systematics of the Anteosauria (Therapsida: Dinocephalia).
–Journal of Systematic Paleontology: Vol. 9, #2, pp. 261-304 [doi: 10.108/14772019.2010.492645] - Kazlev, M. A., 2000: Estemmenosuchidae.
–iNet: The Kheper Site: http://www.kheper.auz.com/gaia/biosphere/vertebrates/therapsida/Estemmenosuchidae.html
Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and species.