| Dicynodontoidea Temporal range: Late Permian - Late Triassic |
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| Life restoration of "Dicynodon" trautscholdi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Infraorder: | †Dicynodontia |
| Stem group: | †Bidentalia |
| Superfamily: |
†Dicynodontoidea Cope, 1871 |
| Subgroups | |
Dicynodontoidea is a superfamily of dicynodont therapsids that includes Lystrosauridae and Kannemeyeriiformes. It was first named by American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1871 and later described under a phylogenetic definition in 2009.