VENYUKOVIOIDEA WATSON & ROMER, 1956

Fröbisch, Jörg & Reisz, Robert R., 2011, The postcranial anatomy of Suminia getmanovi (Synapsida: Anomodontia), the earliest known arboreal tetrapod, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (3), pp. 661-698 : 664

VENYUKOVIOIDEA WATSON & ROMER, 1956

Revised diagnosis

Basal anomodonts characterized by four unambiguous autapomorphies: (1) maxillary alveolar region long, occupying 72% or more of the length of the bone; (2) fused vomers; (3) mid-ventral plate of vomers without expanded area posterior to junction with premaxilla; (4) premaxilla–palatine contact present. In addition, four ambiguous autapomorphies need to be confirmed by more complete material of Otsheria or Ulemica : (5) coarse serrations on marginal teeth present; (6) denticulated cingulum on marginal teeth present; (7) squared-off profile of occiput in posterior view present; (8) olecranon process poorly ossified and presumably cartilaginous.