Lystrosauridae

Lystrosauridae
Temporal range: Late Permian-late Triassic, 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

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