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Kannemeyeria
Fossil range: Early Triassic
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Life restoration of Kannemeyeria
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Species
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- Kannemeyeria (Unspecified)
- Kannemeyeria latifrons (Unspecified)
- Kannemeyeria simocephala (Unspecified)
- Kannemeyeria simocephalica (Unspecified)
- Kannemeyeria vanhoepeni (Unspecified)
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Kannemeyeria was a large dicynodont of the family Kannemeyeriidae, one of the first representatives of the family, and hence one of the first herbivores of the Triassic. It lived during the later Early and early Middle part of the Triassic period (from the late Olenekian to the Middle Anisian age). Various species are known from Southern Africa, Argentina, India, and (either this genus or one extremely similar) China, and it can be assumed that, like many animals of this time, it had worldwide distribution. Kannemeyeria was about 2 to 3 metres long.
