Full reference: R. Owen. 1859. On some reptilian fossils from South Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 16(1):49-62
Parent taxon: Therocephalia according to R. Broom 1913
Sister taxa: Aelurosaurus, Akidnognathidae, Alopecodon, Alopecodontidae, Alopecognathus, Aloposaurus, Archaeosuchus, Arctognathus, Arctosuchus, Bauriida, Crapartinellidae, Cynodraco, Cynosuchus, Eriphostoma, Euchambersidae, Eutherocephalia, Gorgonops, Herpetogale, Hofmeyriidae, Hyaenasuchus, Ictidognathus, Ictidosuchus, Lycosaurus, Lycosuchidae, Lycosuchus, Moschorhinidae, Ordosidae, Pardosuchus, Pristerognathidae, Pristerognathus, Regisauridae, Regisaurus, Scaloposaurida, Scaloposauridae, Scaloposaurus, Scapanodon, Scylacoides, Scylacorhinus, Scylacosauridae, Scylacosaurus, Scymnognathus, Scymnosaurus, Simorhinellidae, Tigrisuchus, Trochosaurus, Trochosuchus, Yikezhaogia
Subtaxa: Cynochampsa laniaria, Cynochampsa laniarius
Ecology: carnivore