A family-level occurrence analysis distinguishes Therapsida from the historical pelycosaurian grade and finds therapsids diversifying while several early-synapsid families decline; this sampled pattern does not date the clade’s origin or imply direct descent from any sampled genus. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.
Represented range283.3–259.5 Ma
Content packagemammal-origins
PBDBNot linked
Evidence boundary
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Claim ledger
taxonomy · medium
A family-level occurrence analysis distinguishes Therapsida from the historical pelycosaurian grade and finds therapsids diversifying while several early-synapsid families decline; this sampled pattern does not date the clade’s origin or imply direct descent from any sampled genus.
claim:taxon:therapsida:sampled-recordfossil-range · medium
Therapsida is displayed at 283.3–259.5 Ma only as the sampled diversification interval in that analysis, not the origin, survival or full duration of Therapsida. The interval is a source-bounded sample window, not a global FAD, LAD, divergence date, continuous occupancy claim or direct-ancestor assertion.
claim:taxon:therapsida:source-bounded-range-rc49
Known limits
A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.