- Dicynodontoidea
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Dicynodontoidea
Temporal range: Late Permian - Late TriassicLife restoration of "Dicynodon" trautscholdi Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Synapsida Order: Therapsida Infraorder: †Dicynodontia clade: †Pristerodontia Superfamily: †Dicynodontoidea
Cope, 1871Subgroups - Dicynodontidae
- Lystrosauridae
- Kanemmeyeriiformes
Dicynodontoidea is a superfamily of dicynodont therapsids that includes Lystrosauridae and Kannemeyeriiformes. It was first named by American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1871 and later described under a phylogenetic definition in 2009.[1]
References
- ^ Kammerer, C.F.; and Angielczyk, K.D. (2009). "A proposed higher taxonomy of anomodont therapsids". Zootaxa 2018: 1–24. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02018p024f.pdf.
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