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Lystrosauridae
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a
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96160F18DBAFF847F827F85D" bold="true" box="[151,296,1972,1998]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Definition:</emphasis>
All taxa more closely related to
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96160F18D9F5F847FAD1F85E" box="[717,990,1972,1997]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Lystrosaurus murrayi</emphasis>
(
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)
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, than
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96160F18DBAFF828F8AFF867" box="[151,416,2011,2036]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Dicynodon lacerticeps</emphasis>
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, or
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96160F18D95CF828FAA5F867" box="[612,938,2011,2036]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Kannemeyeria simocephala</emphasis>
(
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)
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a.
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BDBFEFF64F8E5FF22" bold="true" box="[198,490,151,177]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Taxonomic comments:</emphasis>
The relationships between
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BD862FF6BFAFEFF22" box="[858,1009,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Lystrosaurus</emphasis>
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, kannemeyeriiforms, and various
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BDBAFFF4CF814FF4B" box="[151,283,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Dicynodon</emphasis>
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-like Permian taxa (
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.
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.,
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BD973FF4CFBE1FF4B" box="[587,750,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Vivaxosaurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BD9C6FF4CFAA5FF4B" box="[766,938,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Dinanomodon</emphasis>
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) remain unresolved, with some analyses recovering a
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BDA01FF16F8D8FF6D" box="[313,471,229,254]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Lystrosaurus</emphasis>
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+kannemeyeriiform sister-group relationship (
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B4F96150F1BDFCEFF16FC38FF6C" author="Angielczyk" box="[1270,1335,229,255]" pageId="14" pageNumber="16" refString="Angielczyk, K. D (2002) Redescription, phylogenetic position, and stratigraphic significance of the dicynodont genus Odontocyclops (Synapsida; Therapsida). Journal of Paleontology, 76, 1047 - 1059." type="journal article" year="2002">2002</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B4F96150F1BDE7CFF16F9DAFEB5" author="Surkov" pageId="14" pageNumber="20" refString="Surkov, M. V. (2000) On the historical biogeography of Middle Triassic anomodonts. Paleontological Journal, 34, 84 - 88." type="journal article" year="2000">Surkov 2000</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B4F96150F1BDBD9FEFFF8B1FEB5" author="Surkov" box="[225,446,268,294]" pageId="14" pageNumber="20" refString="Surkov, M. V., Kalandadze, N. N. &amp; Benton, M. J. (2005) Lystrosaurus georgi, a dicynodont from the Lower Triassic of Russia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25, 402 - 413." type="journal article" year="2005">
Surkov
<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BDA05FEFFF876FEB6" box="[317,377,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">et al.</emphasis>
2005
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B4F96150F1BDAF3FEFFFB30FEB5" author="Ray" box="[459,575,268,294]" pageId="14" pageNumber="19" refString="Ray, S. (2006) Functional and evolutionary aspects of the postcranial anatomy of dicynodonts (Synapsida, Therapsida). Palaeontology, 49, 1263 - 1286." type="journal article" year="2006">Ray 2006</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B4F96150F1BD974FEFFFBF7FEB5" author="Frobisch" box="[588,760,268,294]" pageId="14" pageNumber="17" refString="Frobisch, J. (2007) The cranial anatomy of Kombuisia frerensis Hotton (Synapsida, Dicynodontia) and a new phylogeny of anomodont therapsids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 150, 117 - 144." type="journal article" year="2007">Fröbisch 2007</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B4F96150F1BD83CFEFFFD19FEB5" author="Frobisch" box="[772,1046,268,294]" pageId="14" pageNumber="17" refString="Frobisch, J. &amp; Reisz, R. R. (2008) A new species of Emydops (Synapsida, Anomodontia) and a discussion of dental variability and pathology in dicynodonts. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28, 770 - 787." type="journal article" year="2008">Fröbisch &amp; Reisz 2008</bibRefCitation>
) and others placing
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BDE3DFEFFFC93FEB6" box="[1285,1436,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Lystrosaurus</emphasis>
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outside a clade containing
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BDADFFEC1FB81FED8" box="[487,654,306,331]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Vivaxosaurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and kannemeyeriiforms (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B4F96150F1BD8F7FEC1FC36FEDF" author="Angielczyk" box="[975,1337,306,332]" pageId="14" pageNumber="16" refString="Angielczyk, K. D. &amp; Kurkin, A. A. (2003 a) Phylogenetic analysis of Russian Permian dicynodonts (Therapsida: Anomodontia): implications for Permian biostratigraphy and Pangaean biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 139, 157 - 212." type="journal article" year="2003" yearSuffix="a">Angielczyk &amp; Kurkin 2003a</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B4F96150F1BDE7EFEC1FC97FEDF" author="Angielczyk" box="[1350,1432,306,332]" pageId="14" pageNumber="16" refString="Angielczyk, K. D. &amp; Kurkin, A. A. (2003 b) Has the utility of Dicynodon for Upper Permian terrestrial biostratigraphy been overstated? Geology, 31, 363 - 366." type="journal article" year="2003" yearSuffix="b">2003b</bibRefCitation>
; Angielczyk 2007) or even basal to
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BD954FEAAFBF4FEE1" box="[620,763,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Dicynodon</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B4F96150F1BD835FEAAFADFFEE0" author="Maisch" box="[781,976,345,371]" pageId="14" pageNumber="19" refString="Maisch, M. W. (2002 a) A new basal lystrosaurid dicynodont from the Upper Permian of South Africa. Palaeontology, 45, 343 - 359." type="journal article" year="2002" yearSuffix="a">Maisch 2002a</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Although the relative position of
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is uncertain, the monophyly of this group (containing
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BD8EAFE73FD64FE0A" box="[978,1131,384,409]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Lystrosaurus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B4F96150F1BDF4BFE73FDF0FE09" author="Cope" box="[1139,1279,384,410]" pageId="14" pageNumber="17" refString="Cope, E. D. (1870) Remarks. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 11, 419." type="journal article" year="1870">Cope, 1870</bibRefCitation>
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, with at least four species, and the monospecific genus
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BD9A8FE54FA46FE53" box="[656,841,423,448]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Kwazulusaurus</emphasis>
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a) has not been challenged, and we define it here as a stem-based taxon using
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BD9F4FE3EFA55FE75" box="[716,858,461,486]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Dicynodon</emphasis>
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(representing Permian dicynodontoids) and
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BDBAFFE07F84DFD9E" box="[151,322,500,525]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Kannemeyeria</emphasis>
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(representing kannemeyeriiforms) as external specifiers.
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BDBFEFDE9F8BCFDA7" bold="true" box="[198,435,538,564]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Revised diagnosis:</emphasis>
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currently defined,
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includes only the genera
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BDFF5FDE9FC6BFDA0" box="[1229,1380,538,563]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Lystrosaurus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BDBAFFDB2F85AFDC9" box="[151,341,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Kwazulusaurus</emphasis>
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. The latter taxon has only been included in one phylogenetic analysis (
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). Therefore, in addition to listing autapomorphies from the analyses of Angielczyk (2007),
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, and
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, we also include autapomorphies identified by
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.
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identified two autapomorphies of
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: (1) ectopterygoid absent; (2) snout region short and deep, strongly extended ventrally. Autapomorphies recognized in common by Angielczyk (2007),
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, and
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are: (1) parietals widely exposed on the skull roof; (2) anterior portion of the palatine does not contact the premaxilla.
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provided a detailed diagnosis of
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BDF81FCDAFC5DFCD1" box="[1209,1362,809,834]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Lystrosaurus</emphasis>
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in his thorough treatment of the cranial morphology of the genus, and
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presented the only diagnosis of
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BDB80FC84F87EFC03" box="[184,369,887,912]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Kwazulusaurus</emphasis>
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to date. The most distinctive character of lystrosaurids is the steeply downturned snout, although this feature is more strongly developed in
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BD9CBFC6EFA85FC25" box="[755,906,925,950]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Lystrosaurus</emphasis>
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than
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<emphasis id="B933EAAC96150F1BD8F3FC6EFD8FFC25" box="[971,1152,925,950]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Kwazulusaurus</emphasis>
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.
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