Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Shansiodontidae
Full reference: C. B. Cox. 1965. New Triassic dicynodonts from South America, their origins and relationships. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 248(753):457-516
Parent taxon: Kannemeyeriiformes according to C. F. Kammerer and M. A. Ordoñez 2021
See also Hancox et al. 2013, Li and Sun 2008 and Tverdokhlebov et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Angonisaurus, Brachybrachium, Brachybrachium brevipes, Calleonasus furvus, Cristonasus koltaeviensis, Dicynodon turpior, Dinodontosaurus, Elatosaurus facetus, Elephantosaurus, Kannemeyeriidae, Nasoplanites danilovi, Parvobestiola bashkiriensis, Repelinosaurus, Stahleckeriidae, Woznikella
Subtaxa: Rhinodicynodon Shansiodon Tetragonias Vinceria
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Argentina (1 collection), China (7), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), Tanzania (2)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence