After Kammerer & Angielczyk, 2009, and Botha-Brink & Angielczyk, 2010
<==o Dicynodontoidea Cope, 871 sensu Cluver & King, 1981 and Kammerer & Angielczyk, 2009 |--o †Delectosaurus Kurkin, 2001 | |-- †D. arefjevi | `-- †D. berezhanensis `==o †Dicynodontidae Owen, 1859 |-- †“Dicynodon” vanhoepeni |-- †“Dicynodon” roberti |-- †“Dicynodon” trigonocephalus |-- †“Dicynodon” scopulosa |-- †“Dicynodon” amalitzkii Sushkin, 1926 |-- †“Dicynodon” trautscholdi Amalitskii, 1922 [Gordonia annae Amalitskii, 1922, Oudenodon venyokovi Amalitskii, 1922, Dicynodon annae (Amalitskii, 1922)] |-- †“Dicynodon” huenei |-- †“Dicynodon” bathyrhynchus |-- †“Dicynodon” leoniceps |-- †“Dicynodon” bogdaensis |-- †“Dicynodon” limbus |-- †“Dicynodon” traquairi [Gordonia traquairi] |-- †“Dicynodon” sinkianensis |-- †“Dicynodon” bolorhinus |-- †“Dicynodon” leontops |-- †“Dicynodon” lissops |-- †“Dicynodon” osborni |-- †Dicynodon lacerticeps Owen, 1845 [Daptocephalus; Gordonia; Oudenodon] `--+--o †Lystrosauridae Broom, 1903 [Dicynodontidae: Kannemeyeriinae: Lystrosaurini Broom, 1903] | |-- †Kwazulusaurus shakai Maisch, 2002 | `--o †Lystrosaurus Cope, 1870 [Prolystrosaurus] | |-- †L. murrayi (Huxley, 1859) Broom, 1932 | |-- †L. latirostris | |-- †L. mccaigi | |-- †L. declivis | |-- †L. hedini | |-- †L. shichanggouensis | |-- †L. strigops | |-- †L. robustus | `--+-- †L. georgi Kalandadze, 1975 | `-- †L. curvatus `--+-- †Vivaxosaurus permirus Kalandadze & Kurkin, 2000 `-- †Kannemeyeriiformes sensu Maisch, 2001
After Cox 1998<==o Dicynodontoidea |--o †Oudenodontidae | |?- †Cteniosaurus | |-- †Tropidostoma | `--+-- †Oudenodon | `--o †Pelorocyclopinae | |-- †Platycyclops | |-- †Rhachiocephalus | `-- †Odontocyclops `--+--o †Dicynodontidae | |-- †Dicynodon | `-- †Gordonia `--+?- †Propelanomodon |--o †Aulacocephalodontidae | |?- †Digalodon | |-- †Aulacephalodon | `--+-- †Geikia | `-- †Pelanomodon `--+--o †Lystrosauridae | |-- †Kwazulusaurus | `-- †Lystrosaurus `--+--o †Kannemeyeriidae | |?- †Kannemeyeriidae gen. et sp. indet. (L.Cret. Aust.) | |-- †Angonisaurus | |?- †Calleonasus furvus Kalandadze, 1985 | |-- †Chanaria | |-- †Dolichuranus [Rhopalorhinus] | |-- †Rhinocerocephalus | |-- †Sangusaurus | |-- †Zambiasaurus | |-- †Tetragonias | |-- †Vinceria | |-- †Wadiasaurus | |-- †Jachaleria | |?-o †Kannemeyeriinae | | |-- †Ischigualastia | | |-- †Kannemeyeria | | |-- †Parakennemeyeria | | `-- †Rabidosaurus | |?-o †Sinokannemeyeriinae | | |-- †Uralokannemeyeria | | |-- †Rhadiodromus | | `-- †Sinokannemeyeria | `?-o †Placeriinae | |-- †Rechnisaurus [Proplacerias] | |-- †Edaxosaurus | `-- †Placerias `--+--o †Shanisiodontidae | |-- †Rhinodicynodon | `-- †Shansiodon `?-o †Stahleckeriidae |-- †Elephantosaurus |-- †Elatosaurus `-- †Stahleckeria |
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Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and species.