†family Galesauridae Lydekker 1890 (cynodont)
Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Galesauridae
Synonyms: Cynosauridae Haughton and Brink 1954, Cynosuchidae Broom 1915, Nythosauridae Watson 1917
Parent taxon: Epicynodontia according to J. F. Bonaparte 2012
See also Carroll 1988, Colbert and Kitching 1977, Haughton and Brink 1954, Hopson and Kitching 1972, Kemp 1982, Kuhn 1946 and Schmidt 1927
Sister taxa: Cynognathia, Eucynodontia, Platycraniellus, Procynosuchia, Vetusodon
Subtaxa: Bolotridon Cynosaurus Nanictosaurus Progalesaurus Sysphinctostoma
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (1 collection), South Africa (3)
• Permian of South Africa (7)
Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences