Teratodontidae
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History and naming
The genus Teratodon was named in 1965.
The name of the subfamily translates as "monstrous teeth" (from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras) 'monster', from Ancient Greek ὀδών (odon) 'tooth' and taxonomic suffix "-inae".
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Classification and phylogeny
Taxonomy
A list of included genera based on Borths & Seiffert (2017) and Borths & Stevens (2017) with the 2021 addition of Ekweeconfractus.
- Subfamily: †Teratodontinae (Savage, 1965)
- Genus: †Anasinopa (Savage, 1965)
- †Anasinopa haasi (Tchernov, 1987)
- †Anasinopa leakeyi (Savage, 1965)
- †Anasinopa libyca (Morales, Brewer & Pickford, 2010)
- Genus: †Brychotherium (Borths, 2016)
- †Brychotherium atrox (Holroyd, 1994)
- †Brychotherium ephalmos (Borths, 2016)
- Genus: †Buhakia (Morlo, 2007)
- †Buhakia hyaenoides (Morales, 2003) sensu Morlo, 2007
- †Buhakia moghraensis Morlo, 2007
- Genus: †Dissopsalis (Pilgrim, 1910)
- †Dissopsalis carnifex (Pilgrim, 1910)
- †Dissopsalis pyroclasticus (Savage, 1965)
- Genus: †Ekweeconfractus Flink, 2021
- †Ekweeconfractus amorui Flink, 2021
- Genus: †Furodon (Solé, 2013)
- †Furodon crocheti (Solé, 2013)
- Genus: †Glibzegdouia Crochet et al. 2001
- †Glibzegdouia tabelbalaensis Crochet et al. 2001
- Genus: †Masrasector (Simons & Gingerich, 1974)
- †Masrasector aegypticum (Simons & Gingerich, 1974)
- †Masrasector ligabuei (Crochet, 1990)
- †Masrasector nananubis (Borths & Seiffert, 2017)
- Genus: †Pakakali Borths and Stevens 2017
- †Pakakali rukwaensis Borths and Stevens 2017
- Genus: †Teratodon (Savage, 1965)
- †Teratodon enigmae (Savage, 1965)
- †Teratodon spekei (Savage, 1965)
- Genus: †Anasinopa (Savage, 1965)
Additionally, Metasinopa is sometimes included in the subfamily.
Phylogeny of Teratodontinae from Borths & Stevens (2017):
Phylogeny of Teratodontinae from the 2021 description of Ekweeconfractus:
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