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Tambacarnifex Temporal range: Artinskian ~290–284 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Family:	†Varanopidae
Subfamily:	†Varanopinae
Genus:	†Tambacarnifex Berman et al., 2013
Type species
†Tambacarnifex unguifalcatus Berman et al., 2013

Tambacarnifex (meaning "Tambach butcher") is an extinct genus of varanodontine synapsids known from the Early Permian Tambach Formation of Free State of Thuringia, central Germany. It was first named by David S. Berman, Amy C. Henrici, Stuart S. Sumida, Thomas Martens and Valerie Pelletier in 2013 and the type species is Tambacarnifex unguifalcatus.

Below is a simplified version of the cladogram found by Berman et al., 2013.

References

1. ^ David S. Berman; Amy C. Henrici; Stuart S. Sumida; Thomas Martens; Valerie Pelletier (2014). "First European record of a varanodontine (Synapsida: Varanopidae): member of a unique Early Permian upland paleoecosystem, Tambach Basin, central Germany". In Christian F. Kammerer; Kenneth D. Angielczyk; Jörg Fröbisch (eds.). Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer. pp. 69–86. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6841-3_5. ISBN 978-94-007-6840-6.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superclass: Tetrapoda Clade: Amniota Tetrapodomorpha see Tetrapodomorpha Reptiliomorpha see Reptiliomorpha Synapsida see below↓
Synapsida Synapsida †Diadectomorpha? †Caseasauria? Eothyrididae Asaphestera? Eothyris Oedaleops Vaughnictis Caseidae Alierasaurus Angelosaurus Arisierpeton Callibrachion Casea Caseoides Caseopsis Cotylorhynchus Datheosaurus Ennatosaurus Eocasea Euromycter Lalieudorhynchus Martensius Oromycter Phreatophasma Ruthenosaurus Trichasaurus Eupelycosauria †Varanopidae? Apsisaurus Archaeovenator Ascendonanus Eoscansor Dendromaia Nitosaurus? Pyozia Thrausmosaurus Mesenosaurinae Anningia Cabarzia Elliotsmithia Heleosaurus Mesenosaurus Microvaranops Varanodontinae Aerosaurus Mycterosaurus? Ruthiromia Tambacarnifex Varanops Varanodon Watongia Metopophora see below↓ Incertae sedis †Dimacrodon †Driveria †Gorgodon †Knoxosaurus †Mastersonia †Protoclepsydrops?
Metopophora †Ophiacodontidae Archaeothyris Baldwinonus Clepsydrops Echinerpeton Ophiacodon Stereophallodon Stereorhachis Varanosaurus Haptodontiformes †Ianthodon †Milosaurus †Edaphosauridae Bohemiclavulus Edaphosaurus Glaucosaurus Gordodon Ianthasaurus Lupeosaurus Melanedaphodon Ramodendron Remigiomontanus Xyrospondylus Sphenacodontia †Cutleria †Haptodus †Hypselohaptodus †Kenomagnathus †Tetraceratops †Palaeohatteriidae Palaeohatteria Pantelosaurus Sphenacodontoidea †Shashajaia †Sphenacodontidae Cryptovenator Ctenorhachis Ctenospondylus Cutleria? Dimetrodon Eosyodon Macromerion Neosaurus Secodontosaurus Sphenacodon Steppesaurus? Tappenosaurus? Tetraceratops? Therapsida see below↓
Therapsida Therapsida †Raranimus †Biarmosuchia see Biarmosuchia †Dinocephalia see Dinocephalia †Anomodontia see Anomodontia includes dicynodonts †Gorgonopsia see Gorgonopsia Eutheriodontia †Therocephalia see Therocephalia Cynodontia see Cynodontia includes mammals Incertae sedis †Dinosaurus †Kamagorgon †Niaftasuchus
See also: Pelycosauria Phthinosuchia Theriodontia Category

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