Theledectinae

{{short description|Subfamily of reptiles (fossil)}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Early-Middle Triassic, {{fossil_range|Induan|Anisian}}

| image = Eomurruna_holotype-removebg-preview.png

| image_caption = Holotype of Eomurruna

| taxon = Theledectinae

| authority = Cisneros, 2008

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

• †Eomurruna
• †"E." dongshengensis (Eumetabolodon?)
• †Theledectes (type)

}}

Theledectinae is an extinct subfamily of parareptiles within the family Procolophonidae. Theledectines existed in South Africa, China and Australia during the Early-Middle Triassic period (Induan to Anisian stages). Theledectinae was named by Juan Carlos Cisneros in 2008 to include the genus Theledectes, and the species "Eumetabolodon" dongshengensis. "E." dongshengensis represents a new genus from China. Cladistically, it is defined as "All taxa more closely related to Theledectes perforatus (Gow, 1977a) than to Procolophon trigoniceps Owen, 1876".{{cite journal |author=Juan Carlos Cisneros |year=2008 |title=Phylogenetic relationships of procolophonid parareptiles with remarks on their geological record |url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=2052096 |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=345–366 |doi=10.1017/S1477201907002350 |bibcode=2008JSPal...6..345C |s2cid=84468714 |url-access=subscription }} In 2020, Hamley add the new genus Eomurruna from Australia to this subfamily.{{Cite journal|author1=Tim Hamley |author2=Juan C. Cisneros |author3=Ross Damiani |year=2020 |title=A procolophonid reptile from the Lower Triassic of Australia |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=192 |issue=2 |pages=554–609 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa056 |doi-access=free }}