Order Theriodontia Owen 1876
Alternative spellings: Theriodonta, Theriodonta, Theriodonti
Parent taxon: Neotherapsida according to J. A. Hopson 1999
See also Battail and Surkov 2000, Colbert and Kitching 1977, Gadow 1898, Haughton 1924, Haughton and Brink 1954, Hay 1930, Jaekel 1911, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1971, Nopcsa 1923, Olson 1962, Olson 1966, Osborn 1903, Osborn 1903, Osborn 1904, Perrier 1928, Roxo 1937, Rubidge and Sidor 2001, Seeley 1895, Swinton 1934, Woodward 1898 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Eutheriodontia Lycosauria Lycosuchus mackayi Rubidginoidea Scaloposauria Sesamodontidae Walteria