Kannemeyeriidae
- Worldwide
The Kannemeyeriidae are extinct terrestrial vertebrates from the group of therapsids ( " mammal -like reptiles "). They lived during the Middle and Upper Triassic. Fossils of the group North and South America, Europe, India and China have been found in Africa.
Features
They had a barrel-shaped body and a kurzschnäuzigen skull, similar to that of Lystrosaurus, where there was, in contrast to this, a narrow Intertemporalkamm. The skull reached lengths of 25 to 60 centimeters. The postcranial skeletons ( of the skull below the area of the skeleton ) was similar to that of the Permian Dicynodontia, but was still squat, stocky legs. The basin has a striking front lying outgrowth of the ilium ( ilium ) and a reduced pubic bone ( pubis ), which probably opened up the possibility that the animals were able to stand up on their hind legs to eat leaves of higher plants sections.
System
- Barysoma Cox 1965
- Chanaria Cox 1968
- Dolichuranus Keyser in 1973
- Elephantosaurus Vjuschkov 1969
- Jacheleria Bonaparte 1971
- Kannemeyeria Seeley 1908
- Parakannemeyeria Sun 1960
- Placerias Lucas 1904
- Rabidosaurus Kalandadze 1970
- Rechnisaurus Roychowdhury 1970
- Rhinocerocephalus Vjuschkov 1969
- Rhinodicynodon Kalandadze 1970
- Sangusaurus Cox 1969
- Shansiodon Yeh 1959
- Sinokannemeyeria Young 1937
- Tetragonias Cruickshank 1967
- Uralokannemeyeria Danilov 1971
- Vinceria Bonaparte 1969
- Wadiasaurus Roychodhury 1970
- Zambiasaurus Cox 1969