Lystrosauridae

Lystrosauridae; Temporal range: Late Permian-late Triassic, 259–248 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible early Norian record.
	Life restoration of Lystrosaurus georgi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Anomodontia
Clade:	†Dicynodontia
Infraorder:	†Dicynodontoidea
Family:	†Lystrosauridae; Broom, 1903
Genera
	†?Basilodon Kammerer et al. 2011; †?Jimusaria Sun, 1963; †Euptychognathus Kammerer et al. 2011; †Kwazulusaurus Maicsh, 2002; †Lystrosauravus Kammerer et al., 2025; †Lystrosaurus (type) Cope, 1870; †Madumabisa Kammerer et al., 2025; †?Sintocephalus Van Hoepen, 1934; †?Syops Kammerer et al. 2011;

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 Africa^[8] and Lystrosaurus includes many species from the Late Permian and Early Triassic of South Africa, India, and Antarctica.^[1]

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Lystrosauridae Temporal range: Late Permian-late Triassic, 259–248 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible early Norian record.

Life restoration of Lystrosaurus georgi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Anomodontia
Clade:	†Dicynodontia
Infraorder:	†Dicynodontoidea
Family:	†Lystrosauridae Broom, 1903
Genera
†?Basilodon Kammerer et al. 2011^[1] †?Jimusaria Sun, 1963^[1] †Euptychognathus Kammerer et al. 2011^[1]^[2] †Kwazulusaurus Maicsh, 2002^[3]^[1]^[2] †Lystrosauravus Kammerer et al., 2025^[4] †Lystrosaurus (type) Cope, 1870^[5] †Madumabisa Kammerer et al., 2025^[4] †?Sintocephalus Van Hoepen, 1934^[1] †?Syops Kammerer et al. 2011^[1]^[6]