Lystrosauridae

Lystrosauridae Temporal range: Late Permian-Early Triassic, 255–250 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration of Lystrosaurus georgi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Therapsida
Infraorder:	†Dicynodontia
Superfamily:	†Dicynodontoidea
Family:	†Lystrosauridae Broom, 1903
Genera
†Kwazulusaurus Maicsh, 2002 †Lystrosaurus (type) Cope, 1870

†Kwazulusaurus Maicsh, 2002
†Lystrosaurus (type) Cope, 1870

Lystrosauridae is a family of dicynodont therapsids from the Permian and Triassic time periods. It includes two genera, Lystrosaurus and Kwazulusaurus.Kwazulusaurus includes a single species, K. shakai, from the Late Permian of South Africa and Lystrosaurus includes many species from the Late Permian and Early Triassic of South Africa, India, and Antarctica.