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Lystrosauridae

Lystrosauridae is a family of dicynodont therapsids from the Permian and Triassic time periods. It includes two genera, Lystrosaurus and Kwazulusaurus. Kwazulusaurus includes a single species, K. shakai, from the Late Permian of South Africa and Lystrosaurus includes many species from the Late Permian and Early Triassic of South Africa, India, and Antarctica.

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Lystrosauridae
Temporal range: Late Permian-late Triassic, Possible early Norian record.
Life restoration of Lystrosaurus georgi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: †Anomodontia
Clade: †Dicynodontia
Infraorder: †Dicynodontoidea
Family: †Lystrosauridae
Broom, 1903
Genera

Lystrosauridae is a family of dicynodont therapsids from the Permian and Triassic time periods. It includes two genera, Lystrosaurus and Kwazulusaurus.7 Kwazulusaurus includes a single species, K. shakai, from the Late Permian of South Africa8 and Lystrosaurus includes many species from the Late Permian and Early Triassic of South Africa, India, and Antarctica.1

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References

  1. Kammerer, C.F.; Angielczyk, K.D.; Fröbisch, J. (2011). "A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (Suppl. 1): 1–158. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31S...1K. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.627074. S2CID 84987497.
  2. Kammerer, C. F.; Fröbisch, J. R.; Angielczyk, K. D. (2013). Farke, Andrew A (ed.). "On the Validity and Phylogenetic Position of Eubrachiosaurus browni, a Kannemeyeriiform Dicynodont (Anomodontia) from Triassic North America". PLOS ONE. 8 (5) e64203. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...864203K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064203. PMC 3669350. PMID 23741307.
  3. The Paleobiology Database: Kwazulusaurus
  4. Kammerer, Christian F.; Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Fröbisch, Jörg (2025-08-07). "Permian origins of the Lystrosauridae (Therapsida: Dicynodontia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 45 (sup1). doi:10.1080/02724634.2025.2451813. ISSN 0272-4634.
  5. The Paleobiology Database: Lystrosaurus
  6. Angielczyk, K. D.; Liu, J.; Yang, W. (2021). "A Redescription of Kunpania scopulusa, a Bidentalian Dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the ?Guadalupian of Northwestern China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (1) e1922428. Bibcode:2021JVPal..41E2428A. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1922428. S2CID 236406006.
  7. The Paleobiology Database: Lystrosauridae
  8. Maisch, M.W. (2002). "A new basal lystrosaurid dicynodont from the Upper Permian of South Africa". Palaeontology. 45 (2): 343–359. Bibcode:2002Palgy..45..343M. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00240.