Parent taxon: Dicynodontia according to J. Fröbisch 2009
See also Hancox et al. 2013, Kammerer et al. 2013 and Maisch and Matzke 2014
Sister taxa: Bidentalia, Brachyprosopus, Chelyoposaurus, Chelyoposaurus williamsi, Dicranozygoma, Dicranozygoma leptoscelus, Dicynodon leptorhinus, Dicynodontida, Dicynodontidae, Dicynodontoidea, Diictodontia, Diictodontidae, Diictodontoidea, Dolichuranus, Dolomitipes, Dromasaurida, Dromasauroidea, Emydopoidea, Emydorhinus, Endothiodontia, Endothiodontidae, Endothiodontoidea, Eocyclops, Eodicynodon, Eodicynodontia, Eodicynodontidae, Eodicynodontoidea, Eumantelliidae, Eurycarpus oweni, Fukangolepis barbaros, Haughtoniana, Haughtoniana magna, Heuneus, Hyorhynchus, Kannemeyeriidae, Kannemeyeroidea, Katumbia, Kingoridae, Kingorioidea, Koupia, Koupia koupensis, Oudenodon strigiceps, Pentasauropus, Platycyclops, Pristerodontia, Pristerodontoidea, Ptychognathus, Pylaecephalidae, Rhinodicynodon, Shansiodontidae, Stahleckeriidae, Taognathus, Taognathus megalodon, Therapsipus, Therochelonia, Venjukoviamorpha
Subtaxa: Angonisaurus Brachybrachium Brachybrachium brevipes Calleonasus furvus Cristonasus koltaeviensis Dicynodon tener Dicynodon turpior Elatosaurus facetus Elephantosaurus Nasoplanites danilovi Parvobestiola bashkiriensis Repelinosaurus Woznikella
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Antarctica (3 collections), Argentina (1), Brazil (15), Germany (1), Laos (1), Madagascar (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), South Africa (4), Tanzania (1), United States (1: Wyoming), Zambia (1)
Total: 33 collections including 41 occurrences