Syodontinae is a group of dinocephalian therapsids. It is one of two subfamily (biology), subfamilies in the family Anteosauridae, the other being Anteosaurinae. They are known from the Middle Permian Period of what is now Russia and South Africa. One of the best known syodontines is ''Syodon'' from Russia. The South African form ''Australosyodon'', is one of the earliest known Gondwanan anteosaurs.

Description

Syodontines lack the boss on the lower jaw that characterises the related anteosaurines, and they have often been considered more primitive in this respect.

Classification

Below is a cladogram showing syodontine relationships from a 2012 phylogenetic study of anteosaurians:

References

Anteosaurs Guadalupian first appearances Guadalupian extinctions Prehistoric animal subfamilies Tetrapod subfamilies {{paleo-therapsid-stub