†unranked clade Emydopidae Cluver and King 1983 (dicynodont)
Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Emydopidae
Parent taxon: Emydopoidea according to C. F. Kammerer and K. D. Angielczyk 2009
See also Angielczyk et al. 2014, Carroll 1988 and Fröbisch and Reisz 2008
Sister taxa: Cistecephalinae, Compsodon, Digalodon, Emydopinae, Emydops, Kingoriidae, Kistecephalia, Myosaurus
Subtaxa: Palemydops
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence