Theledectinae

Theledectinae
Temporal range: Early–Middle Triassic, Induan–Anisian
Holotype of Eomurruna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: †Procolophonidae
Subfamily: †Theledectinae
Cisneros, 2008
Type genus
†Theledectes
Modesto & Damiani, 2003
Genera

Theledectinae is an extinct subfamily of stem-reptiles within the family Procolophonidae. Theledectines existed in South Africa, China and Australia during the Early–Middle Triassic (Induan to Anisian ages). Theledectinae was named by Juan Carlos Cisneros in 2008 to include the genus Theledectes, and the species "Eumetabolodon" dongshengensis (since placed in the new genus Youngetta. Cladistically, it is defined as "all taxa more closely related to Theledectes perforatus (Gow, 1977) than to Procolophon trigoniceps Owen, 1876". In 2020, Hamley et al. added the new genus Eomurruna from Australia to this subfamily.

References

  1. ↑ Juan Carlos Cisneros (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of procolophonid parareptiles with remarks on their geological record". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 6 (3): 345–366. Bibcode:2008JSPal...6..345C. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002350. S2CID 84468714.
  2. ↑ Tim Hamley; Juan C. Cisneros; Ross Damiani (2020). "A procolophonid reptile from the Lower Triassic of Australia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192 (2): 554–609. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa056.