page_title: Cynodont
section_title: Phylogeny
hierarchical_section_title: Cynodont / Phylogeny
caption_attribution_description: Oligokyphus, a trytilodont from the Early Jurassic of England, pencil drawing
context_page_description: The cynodonts are therapsids that first appeared in the Late Permian. Mammals are cynodonts, as are their extinct ancestors and close relatives. All other cynodont lines went extinct.
context_section_description: Below is a cladogram from Ruta, Botha-Brink, Mitchell and Benton (2013) showing one hypothesis of cynodont relationships:
caption: Oligokyphus
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