Kannemeyeriidae

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Kannemeyeriidae
Fossil range: Triassic
Kannemeyeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Anomodontia
Infraorder: Dicynodontia
Family: Kannemeyeriidae
Genera

Placerias
Kannemeyeria
Sinokannemeyeria
Dinodontosaurus
Rabidosaurus

Rabidosaurus.
Rabidosaurus.

Kannemeyeriidae: A family of large, stocky, beaked and sometimes tusked dicynodonts, they were the dominant large terrestrial herbivores through most of the Triassic period. Well known genera include Kannemeyeria, Sinokannemeyeria, Dinodontosaurus, and Placerias.