SOUTH AFRICA
NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE
“THE PINES” FARM
BURGERSDORP FORMATION
TARKASTAD SUBGROUP
CYNOGNATHUS ZONE (KANNEMEYERIA-DIADEMODON ZONE, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, KANNEMEYERIA ZONE, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-77)
SPATHIAN STAGE
UPPERMOST SCYTHIAN EPOCH TO ANISIAN STAGE
LOWERMOST MID TRIASSIC EPOCH
EARLY TO MIDDLE TRIASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: SYNAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERORDER: THERASPIDA BROOM, 1905
GRANDORDER: EUTHERAPSIDA
MICRORDER: NEOTHERAPSIDA
ORDER: THERIODONTIA OWEN, 1881
EUTHERIODONTIA
SUBORDER: CYNODONTIA OWEN, 1860
EPICYNODONTIA HOPSON & KITCHING, 2001
INFRAORDER: EUCYNODONTIA
MAMMALIAMORPHA ROWE, 1988
Superfamily: TRITYLODONTIA Cope, 1884 (sensu Kuhne, 1943)
Family: DIADEMODONTIDAE Haughton, 1925
Diademodon sp
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