†family Alopecodontidae Broom 1932 (therapsid)
PaleoDB taxon number: 95361
Parent taxon: Therocephalia according to L. D. Boonstra 1969
Sister taxa: Alopecopsidae, Alopecorhinus, Arnognathus, Arnognathus parvidens, Bauriida, Baurioidea, Crapartinellidae, Euchambersiidae, Eutherocephalia, Gorynychus, Ictidognathus, Ictidosuchus, Lycosaurus, Lycosuchida, Ordosidae, Pristerognathidae, Pristerosauria, Pristerosaurida, Regisauridae, Regisaurus, Scaloposaurida, Scylacoides, Scylacosaurida, Scylacosaurus, Simorhinellidae, Tigrisuchus, Trochosuchus, Yikezhaogia
Subtaxa: Alopecideops, Alopecodon, Pardosuchus
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