Lystrosauridae

Lystrosauridae is a family of dicynodont therapsids from the Permian and Triassic time periods. It includes two genera, Lystrosaurus and Kwazulusaurus.[3] Kwazulusaurus includes a single species, K. shakai, from the Late Permian of South Africa[4] and Lystrosaurus includes many species from the Late Permian and Early Triassic of South Africa, India, and Antarctica.[5]

Lystrosauridae
Temporal range: Late Permian-Early Triassic, 255–250 Ma
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Life restoration of Lystrosaurus georgi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: †Dicynodontia
Infraorder: †Dicynodontoidea
Family: †Lystrosauridae
Broom, 1903
Genera

†Kwazulusaurus Maicsh, 2002[1]
†Lystrosaurus (type) Cope, 1870[2]

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database: Kwazulusaurus
  2. The Paleobiology Database: Lystrosaurus
  3. The Paleobiology Database: Lystrosauridae
  4. Maisch, M.W. (2002). "A new basal lystrosaurid dicynodont from the Upper Permian of South Africa". Palaeontology. 45 (2): 343–359. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00240.
  5. 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.627074.


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