Theledectinae

Theledectinae Temporal range: Early-Middle Triassic, Induan–Anisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype of Eomurruna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	† Parareptilia
Order:	† Procolophonomorpha
Family:	† Procolophonidae
Subfamily:	† Theledectinae Cisneros, 2008
Genera
† Eomurruna † "E." dongshengensis ( Eumetabolodon ?) † Theledectes (type)

Theledectinae is an extinct subfamily of parareptiles within the family Procolophonidae. Theledectines existed in South Africa, China and Australia during the Early-Middle Triassic period (Induan to Anisian stages). Theledectinae was named by Juan Carlos Cisneros in 2008 to include the genus Theledectes , and the species "Eumetabolodon" dongshengensis . "E." dongshengensis represents a new genus from China. Cladistically, it is defined as "All taxa more closely related to Theledectes perforatus (Gow, 1977a) than to Procolophon trigoniceps Owen, 1876". ^[1] In 2020, Hamley add the new genus Eomurruna from Australia to this subfamily. ^[2]

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 .

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