Lystrosauridae is an extinct family of dicynodont therapsids. The type genus is Lystrosaurus.
Lystrosauridae is a family of dicynodonttherapsids from the Permian and Triassic time periods. It includes two genera, Lystrosaurusand Kwazulusaurus. Kwazulusaurus includes a single species, K. shakai, from the Late Permian of South Africa and Lystrosaurusincludes many species from the Late Permian and Early Triassic of South Africa, India, and Antarctica.
| Lystrosauridae
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| Life restoration of Lystrosaurus georgi | |
| Scientific classificationhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Anomodontia |
| Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
| Infraorder: | †Dicynodontoidea |
| Family: | †Lystrosauridae
Broom, 1903 |
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| †?Basilodon Kammerer et al. 2011
†?Jimusaria Sun, 1963 †?Sintocephalus Van Hoepen, 1934 †?Syops Kammerer et al. 2011 †Euptychognathus Kammerer et al. 2011 †Kwazulusaurus Maicsh, 2002 †Lystrosaurus (type) Cope, 1870 | |
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