Emydopoidea
Extinct superfamily of dicynodonts
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Emydopoidea is a group of Late Permian dicynodont therapsids. It includes the small-bodied Emydops, Myosaurus, and kingoriids, and the burrowing cistecephalids.[1]
| Emydopoidea Temporal range: Late Permian - Middle Triassic | |
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| Restoration of the emydopoid Myosaurus gracilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Anomodontia |
| Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
| Clade: | †Therochelonia |
| Superfamily: | †Emydopoidea Cluver and King, 1983 |
| Subgroups | |
Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram modified from Macungo et al. (2022) showing the phylogenetic relationships of emydopoids:[2]
