Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

†Dicynodontoidea

After Kammerer & Angielczyk, 2009

<==o Dicynodontoidea Cluver & King, 1983
   |-- †Oudenodontidae
   `--+-- †Dicynodontidae Owen, 1859
      `--+?- †Propelanomodon devilliersi
         |--o †Aulacocephalodontidae Cluver & King, 1983 [Geikiidae v. Huene, 1948 sensu Maisch & Gebauer, 2005]
         |  |?- †Digalodon
         |  |--o †Aulacephalodon Seeley, 1898 [Aulacocephalodon (lapsus calami)]
         |  |  |-- †A.? sp.
         |  |  |-- †A. bainii (Owen)
         |  |  `-- †A. laticeps
         |  `--+--o †Geikia Newton, 1893 sensu Maisch & Gebauer, 2005
         |     |  |?- †G. mirabilis
         |     |  |-- †G. elginensis Newton, 1913
         |     |  `-- †G. locusticeps (v. Huene, 1942) Rowe, 1980 [Dicynodon locusticeps v. Huene, 1942] [incl. Pelanomodon tuberosus v. Huene, 1942 sensu Maisch & Gebauer, 2005]
         |     `--o †Pelanomodon Broom, 1938
         |        |-- †P. halli 
         |        |-- †P. kitchingi
         |        |-- †P. moschops
         |        `-- †P. rubidgei
         `--+--o †Lystrosauridae Broom, 1903 [Dicynodontidae: Kannemeyeriinae: Lystrosaurini Broom, 1903]
            |  |-- †Kwazulusaurus shakai Maisch, 2002
            |  `--o †Lystrosaurus Cope, 1870 [Prolystrosaurus]
            |     |-- †L. murrayi (Huxley, 1859)
            |     |--+-- †L. georgi Kalandadze, 1975
            |     |  `-- †L. curvatus
            |     |-- †L. latirostris
            |     |-- †L. mccaigi
            |     |-- †L. sp.
            |     `-- †L. strigops
            `--+-- †Kannemeyeriidae (Huene, 1948) [Dicynodontidae: Kannemeyeriinae Huene, 1948]
               `--+--o †Shanisiodontidae Cox, 1965
                  |  |-- †Rhinodicynodon gracile Kalandadze, 1970
                  |  `-- †Shansiodon
                  `?-o †Stahleckeriidae Lehman, 1961 [are advanced kannemayeriids? (Surkov et al., 2005)]
                     |-- †Elephantosaurus jachimovitchi Vjuschkov, 1969
                     |-- †Elatosaurus facetus Kalandadze, 1985
                     `-- †Stahleckeria potens

<==o Dicynodontoidea Cluver & King, 1983
   |-- †Oudenodontidae
   `--+-- †Dicynodontidae Owen, 1859
      `--+?- †Propelanomodon devilliersi
         |--o †Aulacocephalodontidae Cluver & King, 1983 [Geikiidae v. Huene, 1948 sensu Maisch & Gebauer, 2005]
         |  |?- †Digalodon
         |  |--o †Aulacephalodon Seeley, 1898 [Aulacocephalodon (lapsus calami)]
         |  |  |-- †A.? sp.
         |  |  |-- †A. bainii (Owen)
         |  |  `-- †A. laticeps
         |  `--+--o †Geikia Newton, 1893 sensu Maisch & Gebauer, 2005
         |     |  |?- †G. mirabilis
         |     |  |-- †G. elginensis Newton, 1913
         |     |  `-- †G. locusticeps (v. Huene, 1942) Rowe, 1980 [Dicynodon locusticeps v. Huene, 1942] [incl. Pelanomodon tuberosus v. Huene, 1942 sensu Maisch & Gebauer, 2005]
         |     `--o †Pelanomodon Broom, 1938
         |        |-- †P. halli 
         |        |-- †P. kitchingi
         |        |-- †P. moschops
         |        `-- †P. rubidgei
         `--+--o †Lystrosauridae Broom, 1903 [Dicynodontidae: Kannemeyeriinae: Lystrosaurini Broom, 1903]
            |  |-- †Kwazulusaurus shakai Maisch, 2002
            |  `--o †Lystrosaurus Cope, 1870 [Prolystrosaurus]
            |     |-- †L. murrayi (Huxley, 1859)
            |     |--+-- †L. georgi Kalandadze, 1975
            |     |  `-- †L. curvatus
            |     |-- †L. latirostris
            |     |-- †L. mccaigi
            |     |-- †L. sp.
            |     `-- †L. strigops
            `--+-- †Kannemeyeriidae (Huene, 1948) [Dicynodontidae: Kannemeyeriinae Huene, 1948]
               `--+--o †Shanisiodontidae Cox, 1965
                  |  |-- †Rhinodicynodon gracile Kalandadze, 1970
                  |  `-- †Shansiodon
                  `?-o †Stahleckeriidae Lehman, 1961 [are advanced kannemayeriids? (Surkov et al., 2005)]
                     |-- †Elephantosaurus jachimovitchi Vjuschkov, 1969
                     |-- †Elatosaurus facetus Kalandadze, 1985
                     `-- †Stahleckeria potens

Reference(s):

• Angielczyk, K. D., 2002: Redescription, phylogenetic position, and stratigraphic significance of the dicynodont genus Odontocyclops (Synapsida: Anomodontia).
  –Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 76, #6, pp. 1047-1059
• Battail, B. & Surkov, M. V., 2000: Mammal-like reptiles from Russia. 86-119
  in Benton, M. J., Shishkin, M. A., Unvin, D. M. & Kurochkin, E. N., (eds.) 2000: The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia.
  –Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000, xxxix-696
• Chinsamy, A. & Rubidge, B. S. 1993: Dicynodont (Therapsida) bone histology: Phylogenetic and physiological implications.
  –Paleontologica Africana: Vol. 30, pp. 97-102
• Cox, C. B., 1998: The jaw function and adaptive radiation of the dicynodont mammal-like reptiles of the Karoo basin of South Africa.
  –Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol 122, #1-2, pp. 349-384
• Kazlev, M. A., 2000: Family Kannemeyeriidae.
  –iNet: http://www.kheper.auz.com/gaia/biosphere/vertebrates/therapsida/Kannemeyeriidae.htm
• Maisch, M. W., 2002: A new basal lystrosaurid dicynodont from the Upper Permian of South Africa.
  –Palaeontology: Vol. 45, #2, pp. 343-359
• Maisch, M. W. & Gebauer, E. V. I., 2005: Reappraisal of Geikia locusticeps (Therapsida: Dicynodontia) from the Upper Permian of Tanzania.
  –Palaeontology: Vol. 48, #2, pp. 309-324
• Surkov, M. V., Kalandadze, N. N. & Benton, M. J., 2005: Lystrosaurus georgi, a dicynodont from the Lower Triassic of Russia.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 25, #2, pp. 402-413

Special thanks to:

Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and species.