Dicynodonts

Dicynodontia is an extinct clade of anomodont therapsids. Dicynodonts were herbivorous animals with a pair of tusks, hence their name, which means 'two dog tooth'. Members of the group possessed a horny beak. Dicynonts first appeared during the mid-Permian, and became dominant in the Late Permian, survived the Permian Extinction that wiped out most other therapsids and continued on throughout the Triassic before dying out at the end of the period. They were the most successful and diverse of the non-mammalian therapsids, with over 70 genera known, varying from rat- to elephant-sized. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry Get back to Synapsida
†Dicynodon	†Endothiodon	†Lisowicia
†Lystrosaurus	†Placerias

phylum	Chordata	Dicynodon is a genus of the dicynodont therapsids from the Late Permian. This synapsid was a toothless herbivore, except for two tusks, which give it its name. Its average length was 1.2 meters or 3.9 feet. Fossils have been found in South Africa and Tanzania For more information visit the Wikipedia Entry Get back to Dicynodonts
order	Therapsida
suborder	Dicynodontia
family	†Dicynodontidae
species	Dicynodon sp.
fossil range	Late Permian

phylum	Chordata	Endothiodon is an extinct genus of dicynodont from the Late Permian era. For more information visit the Wikipedia Entry Get back to Dicynodonts
order	Therapsida
suborder	Anomodontia
family	Endothiodontidae
genus	Endothiodon
fossil range	Late Permian

phylum	Chordata	Lisowicia is an extinct genus of giant dicynodont synapsid that lived in what is now Poland during the Late Triassic Period. Lisowicia is the largest known dicynodont, as well as the largest non-mammalian synapsid, and is estimated to have weighed between 5–6 tons, comparable in size to modern elephants. It was also one of the last dicynodonts, living shortly before their extinction at the end of the Triassic period. For more information visit the Wikipedia Entry Get back to Dicynodonts
order	Therapsida
suborder	Dicynodontia
family	†Stahleckeriidae
genus	Lisowicia
species	L. bojani
fossil range	Late Triassic

phylum	Chordata	Lystrosaurus lived around 250 million years ago in what is now Antarctica, India, and South Africa. For more information visit the Wikipedia Entry Get back to Dicynodonts
order	Therapsida
suborder	Dicynodontia
family	Lystrosauridae
species	Lystrosaurus murrayi
fossil range	Late Permian to Early Triassic

phylum	Chordata	Placerias was one of the largest herbivores in the Late Triassic, measuring up to 3.5 metres (11 ft) long and weighing up to a ton (907 kilograms). For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Dicynodonts
order	Therapsida
suborder	Dicynodontia
family	Stahleckeriidae
species	Placerias gigas
fossil range	Late Triassic

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