Emydopoidea

Emydopoidea

Emydopoidea

Extinct superfamily of dicynodonts

Emydopoidea is a group of Late Permian dicynodont therapsids. It includes the small-bodied Emydops, Myosaurus, and kingoriids, and the burrowing cistecephalids.[1]

Quick Facts Emydopoidea Temporal range: Late Permian - Middle Triassic, Scientific classification ...

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram modified from Macungo et al. (2022) showing the phylogenetic relationships of emydopoids:[2]

Emydopoidea

References

  1. [1]
    Kammerer, C.F.; Angielczyk, K.D. (2009). "A proposed higher taxonomy of anomodont therapsids" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2018: 1–24.
  2. [2]
    MacUngo, Zanildo; Benoit, Julien; Fernandez, Vincent; Araújo, Ricardo M N. (2023). "X-ray microcomputed and synchrotron tomographic analysis of the basicranial axis of emydopoid dicynodonts: Implications for fossoriality and phylogeny". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 198: 1–46. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac033.


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