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Therapsid
| Therapsids Temporal range:
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| From top to bottom and left to right, several examples of non-mammalian therapsids: Biarmosuchus (Biarmosuchia), Moschops (Dinocephalia), Lystrosaurus (Anomodontia), Inostrancevia (Gorgonopsia), Glanosuchus (Therocephalia) and Chiniquodon (Cynodontia). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Sphenacodontia |
| Clade: | Pantherapsida |
| Clade: | Sphenacodontoidea |
| Clade: | Therapsida Broom, 1905[1] |
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Therapsids, previously known as the mammal-like reptiles,[2] are a group of synapsids.
The clade includes the mammals, which are descended from the cynodont therapsids.
- ↑ Broom, R. (1905). "On the use of the term Anomodontia". Records of the Albany Museum. 1 (4): 266–269.
- ↑ They are not reptiles.
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