Infraorder Cynodontia Owen 1861
Full reference: R. Owen. 1861. Palaeontology, or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and their Geological Relations. Second Edition. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh 1-463
Parent taxon: Therapsida according to J. A. Hopson and J. W. Kitching 2001
Sister taxa: Anomodontia, Biarmosuchia, Eotheriodontia, Eutherapsida, Raranimus, Tetraceratops, Tritylodontoidea
Subtaxa: Aelurosuchus, Charassognathus, Chronoperatidae, Cromptodon, Cynosauridae, Dromatheriidae, Dromatherium, Epicynodontia, Gaumia, Gomphodontidae, Ictidopsis, Kunminia, Madysauridae, Microgomphodon, Mitredon, Nythosaurus, Procynosuchus, Riograndidae, Silphedestidae, Therioherpetidae, Tritylodontidae, Xenocretosuchus