Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

†Anteosauria

After Kammerer, 2011

<==o †Anteosauria Boonstra, 1954 sensu Boonstra, 1962 [=? Deuterosauroidea Seeley, 1894]
   `--o †Anteosauridae Boonstra, 1954 [incl. Stenocybusidae Cheng & Li, 1997; Syodontidae Ivakhnenko, 1994; ]
      |-- †Archaeosyodon praeventor Tchudinov, 1960 [has been treated as a titanosuchid tapinocephalian (Ivakhnenko, 1995, 2003)]
      |-- †Microsyodon orlovi Ivakhnenko, 1995 [has been treated as a titanosuchid tapinocephalian]
      `--+--o †Syodontinae Ivakhnenko, 1994 [Syodontidae Ivakhnenko, 1994]
         |  |-- †Notosyodon gusevi Tchudinov, 1968b
         |  `--+-- †Syodon biarmicum Kutorga, 1838 [taxonomic history]
         |     `-- †Australosyodon nyaphali Rubidge, 1994
         `--o †Anteosaurinae Boonstra, 1954
            |-- †Sinophoneus yumenensis Cheng & Ji, 1996 [incl. Stenocybus acidentatus Cheng & Li, 1997 (juveline)]
            `--+-- †Anteosaurus magnificus Watson, 1921 [taxonomic history]
               `--o †Titanophoneus Efremov, 1938 [taxonomic history]
                  |-- †T. potens Efremov, 1938 [taxonomic history]
                  `-- †T. adamanteus (Orlov, 1958) Ivakhnenko et al., 1997 [taxonomic history]
            

†Anteosauria indeterminate, incertae sedis & nomina dubia:

        †Titanophoneus rugosus (Trautschold, 1884) [Oudenodon rugosus Trautschold, 1884; Titanophoneus rugosus (Trautschold) Ivakhnenko et al., 1997]
        †Archaeosuchus cairncrossi Broom, 1905 [Titanosuchus caircrossi (Broom); Boonstra, 1953]
        †Eccasaurus priscus Broom, 1909
        †Admetophoneus kargalensis Efremov, 1954 [Admentophoneus Efremov, 1954 (lapsus calami)]

<==o †Anteosauria
   |?-o †Stenocybusidae
   |  `-- †Stenocybus
   `--o †Brithopodidae sensu lato
      |?- †Archaeosyodon
      |--o †Brithopodidae
      |  |-- †Admetophoneus
      |  |-- †Brithopus
      |  |-- †Chthomaloporus
      |  |-- †Mnemeiosaurus
      |  `-- †Eosyodon
      `--+--o †Deuterosauridae
         |  `-- †Deuterosaurus
         `--o †Anteosauridae
            |?- †Micranteosaurus
            |?- †Paranteosaurus
            |--o †Syodontinae
            |  |?- †Notosyodon
            |  |-- †Australosyodon
            |  `-- †Syodon
            `--+-- †Titanophoneus
               `--o †Anteosaurinae
                  |-- †Anteosaurus
                  `-- †Doliosauriscus

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., 2000-2001: Brithopodidae.
  –iNet: The Kheper Site: http://www.kheper.auz.com/gaia/biosphere/vertebrates/therapsida/Brithopodidae.html
• 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 and additional information and species of these animals.