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Genus of Late Permian and Early Triassic dicynodont therapsids
theory, since Lystrosaurus had already been found in the lower Triassic of southern Africa as well as in India and China. Lystrosaurus fossils have been
Lystrosaurus
Triassic biozone in South Africa
confined to this biozone. Lystrosaurus maccaigi and Lystrosaurus curvatus are the only two species found outside the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone in Upper
Lystrosaurus_Assemblage_Zone
Clade of tetrapods
rebounded as disaster taxa during the early Mesozoic, with the dicynodont Lystrosaurus making up as much as 95% of all land species at one time, but declined
Synapsida
State of decreased physiological activity in an animal
prolonged inactivity. In 2020, scientists reported evidence of the torpor in Lystrosaurus living ~250 Mya in Antarctica – the oldest evidence of a hibernation-like
Torpor
Clade of tetrapods including mammals
crown-group mammals. Two "mummified" juvenile specimens of the dicynodont Lystrosaurus murrayi preserve skin impressions; the skin is hairless, leathery, and
Therapsida
Extinct clade of therapsids
dicynodont bones are abundant in the coprolites. However specimens of Lystrosaurus fossilized with mummified skin have found that the skin surface was covered
Dicynodontia
Group of diapsids broadly classified as reptiles
extinction event. Very few large synapsids survived the event, but one form, Lystrosaurus (a herbivorous dicynodont), attained a widespread distribution soon after
Archosaur
Supercontinent from the late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic eras
are now great distances apart. For example, fossils of the therapsid Lystrosaurus have been found in South Africa, India and Antarctica, alongside members
Pangaea
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
broadly resembles its close relative and namesake Lystrosaurus, especially the two Permian species Lystrosaurus maccaigi and L. curvatus. The snout is short
Lystrosauravus
Extinct family of dicynodonts
genera, Lystrosaurus and Kwazulusaurus. Kwazulusaurus includes a single species, K. shakai, from the Late Permian of South Africa and Lystrosaurus includes
Lystrosauridae
Genus of synapsid from late Permian and early Triassic South Africa
after their extinction. The Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone is marked by the appearance of Lystrosaurus declivis and Lystrosaurus murrayi. New sauropsids represented
Moschorhinus
Extinct genus of reptiles from the Early Triassic of South Africa
hooked snout. It was a predator, which may have hunted prey such as Lystrosaurus. The lifestyle of Proterosuchus remains debated; it may have been terrestrial
Proterosuchus
Earth's southernmost continent
Synapsids (also known as "mammal-like reptiles") included species such as Lystrosaurus, and were common during the Early Triassic. The Antarctic Peninsula began
Antarctica
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
relative of the well-known and highly specialised Lystrosaurus. The specialised morphology of Lystrosaurus is only incipiently developed in Madumabisa, and
Madumabisa
Extinct genus of temnospondyl from the early Triassic
Lydekkerina putterilli Broom 1930. Fossils are known from the Early Triassic Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Beaufort Group in the Karoo Basin of present-day
Broomistega
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
and the more derived Lystrosaurus; it has the wide skull roof of earlier dicynodonts, and a abridged snoot like that of Lystrosaurus. In 2025, Kwazulusaurus
Kwazulusaurus
Extinct genus of cynodonts from the early Triassic of South Africa
carnivorous cynodonts from the Early Triassic. It is known from the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Normandien Formation in South Africa. P. elegans
Platycraniellus
Extinct genus of dicynodont from the lower Triassic
discovered in the Harrismith Commonage locality, a site found in the Lystrosaurus zone. This locality is based in South Africa. Around 10 skulls were discovered
Myosaurus
Dinosaurs in sci-fi media franchise
described as more vicious than the Velociraptors. Another new creature is Lystrosaurus, a therapsid rather than a dinosaur, which is portrayed with the use
Dinosaurs_in_Jurassic_Park
Extinct family of dicynodonts
Geikiids were originally classified as close relatives of Dicynodon and Lystrosaurus, but the characters that linked these dicynodonts are also seen in many
Geikiidae
Biozone of fossils
subzone and the upper Lystrosaurus-Moschorhinus subzone. This satisfies the appearance of Lystrosaurus maccaigi below the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone boundary
Daptocephalus_Assemblage_Zone
Genus of therapsids from the Early Triassic of South Africa
species, the type species Regisaurus jacobi, from the Early Triassic Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa, although at least one undescribed species
Regisaurus
Extinct genus of therapsids
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Alopecognathus
Movement of Earth's lithosphere
Glossopteris and Gangamopteris, and the therapsid or mammal-like reptile Lystrosaurus, all widely distributed over South America, Africa, Antarctica, India
Plate_tectonics
First period of the Mesozoic Era
forced the mammaliaforms to develop fur and a higher metabolic rate. Lystrosaurus was a widespread dicynodont and the most common land vertebrate during
Triassic
Extinct genus of therapsid from the early Triassic
The discovery of this species and others such as Lystrosaurus within both the African Lystrosaurus zone and the Antarctic Fremouw Formation lends more
Ericiolacerta
Extinct genus of dicynodonts in the late Permian period
Permian dicynodontoids (a subclade of dicynodonts that includes Dicynodon, Lystrosaurus, and other closely related Triassic dicynodonts). These species were
Dicynodon
Extinct clade of dicynodonts
simocephalus and all dicynodonts more closely related to it than to the species Lystrosaurus murrayi. Despite being the most species-rich group of dicynodonts in
Kannemeyeriiformes
Second era of the Phanerozoic Eon
life became extinct, and the most common vertebrate life on land were Lystrosaurus, labyrinthodonts, and Euparkeria along with many other creatures that
Mesozoic
Earth's most severe extinction event
marine extinction. Dating of the boundary between the Dicynodon and Lystrosaurus assemblage zones in the Karoo Basin indicates that the terrestrial extinction
Permian–Triassic extinction event
Permian–Triassic_extinction_event
Extinct infraorder of dicynodonts
dicynodont therapsids that includes the famous dicynodont Dicynodon, Lystrosaurus and the Triassic Kannemeyeriiformes, as well as numerous other closely
Dicynodontoidea
Distribution of an organism across all or most of the world
distributions can be observed both in extinct and extant species. For example, Lystrosaurus was cosmopolitan in the Early Triassic after the Permian-Triassic extinction
Cosmopolitan_distribution
Extinct genus of reptiles from the Permia/Triassic of South Africa
the earliest Triassic Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group) in the upper Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. It is currently the earliest known lepidosauromorph
Paliguana
Geological formation in the Beaufort Group of the Karoo Supergroup in South Africa
Lystrosaurus as the Katberg Formation contains the rocks of the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone. The most common fossils found are those of Lystrosaurus
Katberg_Formation
Extinct genus of Devonian vascular plants
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Archaeopteris
Extinct genus of therapsids from Permian South Africa
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Scaloposaurus
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
Euptychognathus? Jimusaria? Kwazulusaurus Lystrosauravus Madumabisa Lystrosaurus Sintocephalus? Kannemeyeriiformes see below↓ Kannemeyeriiformes Kannemeyeriiformes
Colobodectes
Geological formation located in India
traits to some of these other formations, including the dominance of Lystrosaurus and the primary predators being proterosuchid reptiles. It also preserves
Panchet_Formation
2023 American documentary series
is dominated by reptiles such as Scutosaurus and stem-mammals such as Lystrosaurus. A female gorgonopsid successfully hunts down a Scutosaurus with her
Life_on_Our_Planet
Extinct genus of therapsids from the early Triassic of South Africa
Akidnognathidae. Fossils of Olivierosuchus have been found from the Early Triassic Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone in South Africa. Unlike other akidnognathids such as
Olivierosuchus
First of three epochs of the Triassic Period
small herbivorous synapsid Lystrosaurus. Often interpreted as a disaster taxon (although this view was questioned), Lystrosaurus had a wide range across
Early_Triassic
Extinct genus of cynodonts
Stratigraphic and sedimentological investigation of the contact between the Lystrosaurus and the Cynognathus assemblage zones (Beaufort group: Karoo supergroup)
Cynognathus
Extinct genus of therapsid from the Middle Permian of South Africa
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Pristerognathus
Extinct genus of amphibian from the early Triassic of South Africa
genus of dissorophoid temnospondyl. Fossils have been found from the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo Basin in South Africa and are dated to the
Micropholis_(amphibian)
American vertebrate paleontologist (1905–2001)
continental drift with the discovery of a 220-million-year-old fossil of a Lystrosaurus. He was also the first person to name the Staurikosaurus. His popularity
Edwin_H._Colbert
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
exposures of the Permian Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone (AZ) and Triassic Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone across the Permo-Triassic boundary, and while of scientific
Thliptosaurus
Geological formation in the Beaufort Group of South Africa
the entire Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone, the lowermost portion of the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone, and the uppermost rocks of the Cistecephalus Assemblage
Balfour_Formation
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
with other taxa, including Pelanomodon, Oudenodon, and Ptychognathus (Lystrosaurus). The absence of some expected characteristics in G. elginensis could
Geikia
Igneous rock which sometimes contains diamonds
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Kimberlite
Extinct genus of reptiles from the early Jurassic of South Africa
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Litargosuchus
Genus of giant dicynodont therapsid
Euptychognathus? Jimusaria? Kwazulusaurus Lystrosauravus Madumabisa Lystrosaurus Sintocephalus? Kannemeyeriiformes see below↓ Kannemeyeriiformes Kannemeyeriiformes
Lisowicia
Geological group in South Africa
assemblage zones are listed below: Cynognathus Assemblage Zone (Youngest) Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone Cistecephalus Assemblage
Beaufort_Group
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.2189. PMC 1691218. PMID 12590756. Ray, S. (2005). "Lystrosaurus (Therapsida, Dicynodontia) from India: taxonomy, relative growth and
Bulbasaurus
Late Paleozoic-early Mesozoic stratigraphic unit in Africa
can clearly be seen in the Beaufort rocks. A few members of the genus Lystrosaurus were the only mammal-like reptiles that survived this event. The Beaufort
Karoo_Supergroup
Extinct genus of therapsids
Modesto, Sean P. (2014), "Vertebrate Paleontology of Nooitgedacht 68: A Lystrosaurus maccaigi-rich Permo-Triassic Boundary Locality in South Africa" (PDF)
Inostrancevia
Semi-desert region in South Africa
Group omnivore Diictodon, Permian synapsid Rubidgea, Permian predator Lystrosaurus, Triassic herbivorous therapsid Thrinaxodon, Triassic carnivorous therapsid
Karoo
Season of television series
Dicynodonts Cistecephalus Lystrosaurus Temnospondyli (identified as primitive amphibian) Euparkeria Fossil Sites Karoo Basin Lystrosaurus Zone 13 "Troodon: Portrait
Paleoworld_season_2
Extinct clade of dicynodonts
described his bidentals. Ptychognathus was named in 1859, and is now called Lystrosaurus. In the following years Dicynodontia became the preferred name for these
Bidentalia
Lystrosaurus, one of the few genera of dicynodonts that survived the Permian–Triassic extinction event
Evolution_of_mammals
Organism that populates a region after an event kills off most life in that area
after the Permian–Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago, Lystrosaurus, a tusked therapsid, was considered a disaster taxon. Ecological succession
Pioneer_organism
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
Euptychognathus? Jimusaria? Kwazulusaurus Lystrosauravus Madumabisa Lystrosaurus Sintocephalus? Kannemeyeriiformes see below↓ Kannemeyeriiformes Kannemeyeriiformes
Rhachiocephalus
Extinct genus of therapsid from Late Permian South Africa and China
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Euchambersia
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
Euptychognathus? Jimusaria? Kwazulusaurus Lystrosauravus Madumabisa Lystrosaurus Sintocephalus? Kannemeyeriiformes see below↓ Kannemeyeriiformes Kannemeyeriiformes
Placerias
Geological feature found in Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Steep_structure
Ridge of erosion-resistant rock in South Africa
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Witwatersrand
South African vertebrate palaeontologist
person to identify and collect therapsid (proto-mammal) fossils there, of Lystrosaurus Zone age, confirming the former continental link between southern Africa
James_Kitching
American paleontologist and biologist (1840–1897)
rapid flow of publications. Among his descriptions were the therapsid Lystrosaurus (1870), the archosauromorph Champsosaurus (1876), and the sauropod Amphicoelias
Edward_Drinker_Cope
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
possible relation to the genus Lystrosaurus. However, T. njalilus has much larger temporal fenestrae than Lystrosaurus murrayi, as well as a shallower
Tetragonias
Rapid decrease in Earth's biodiversity
but this was mostly in the form of disaster taxa, such as the hardy Lystrosaurus. The most recent research indicates that the specialized animals that
Extinction_event
Extinct genus of dinosaur of the Jurassic from South Africa
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Aardonyx
Triassic biozone in South Africa
to youngest): Pareiasaurus beds Endothiodon beds Kistecephalus beds Lystrosaurus beds Procolophon beds Cynognathus beds These biozone divisions were approved
Cynognathus_Assemblage_Zone
American animated television series
threatens Davi by overpowering him and offering his arm to a captive Lystrosaurus until he admits to being an undercover journalist attempting to expose
Jurassic_World:_Chaos_Theory
Early mammaliaform genus of the Triassic and Jurassic periods
had a similar pouch structure. Considering both other cynodonts like Lystrosaurus and modern monotrems laid eggs, Morganucodon too was likely oviparious
Morganucodon
Depression in rock filled with cool magma
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Pothole_(geology)
Extinct genus of therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Ictidochampsa
2022 film by Colin Trevorrow
prologue. Other deleted scenes include a fight between an Oviraptor and a Lystrosaurus in the black market and a two-minute confrontation between Ramsay and
Jurassic_World_Dominion
Extinct genus of cynodonts
single fossil of the species Progalesaurus lootsbergensis, found in the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Balfour Formation. Close relatives of Progalesaurus
Progalesaurus
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
E. J. and Chinsamy, A. (2009), Comparative Feeding Biomechanics of Lystrosaurus and the Generalized Dicynodont Oudenodon. Anat Rec, 292: 862–874. Nyambe
Odontocyclops
Extinct genus of temnospondyls
the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone, a deposit that preserves very few amphibians. Amphibians become more numerous in younger parts of the Lystrosaurus Assemblage
Eolydekkerina
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
an upper sub-assemblage mirroring the Lystrosaurus-rich upper subzone of the Daptocephalus AZ (the Lystrosaurus maccaigi-Moschorhinus Subzone). Huene
Euptychognathus
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
Syops vanhoepeni Euptychognathus bathyrhynchus TSK 2 Sintocephalus alticeps Basilodon woodwardi Lystrosaurus Kwazulusaurus Turfanodon Kannemeyeriiformes
Gordonia_(synapsid)
Movement of Earth's continents relative to each other
one example; another is the discovery of fossils of the land reptile Lystrosaurus in rocks of the same age at locations in Africa, India, and Antarctica
Continental_drift
Extinct genus of temnospondyls from the Early Triassic
Permo-Triassic Karoo Basin of South Africa. Many fossils have been found from the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Beaufort Group. Many, however, are poorly preserved
Lydekkerina
Genus of synapsid from late Permian South Africa
Alongside Lystrosaurus maccaigi, Cradognathus coexisted with the large herbivorous dicynodonts Daptocephalus, Dicynodon, Dinanomodon, Lystrosaurus curvatus
Cradognathus
Season of television series
reptiles. Animals Dimetrodon Ophiacodon Edaphosaurus Estemmenosuchus Lystrosaurus Inostrancevia alexandri Cynognathus Thrinaxodon Morganucodon Fossil sites
Paleoworld_season_1
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
identification difficult, and it has been variously attributed to Dicynodon and Lystrosaurus due to a supposed resemblance to the latter. The specimen has since been
Repelinosaurus
Group of extinct animals
gorgonopsian specimens (Therapsida, Theriodontia) reported from the Triassic Lystrosaurus declivis Assemblage Zone, Karoo Basin, South Africa". Palaeogeography
Saber-toothed_predator
April – The first non-mammalian synapsid fossil embryo belonging to Lystrosaurus is described, confirming the hypothesis that mammal ancestors laid eggs
2026_in_science
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
Euptychognathus? Jimusaria? Kwazulusaurus Lystrosauravus Madumabisa Lystrosaurus Sintocephalus? Kannemeyeriiformes see below↓ Kannemeyeriiformes Kannemeyeriiformes
Myosauroides
Afterward, Rainn is critically wounded by a juvenile Carnotaurus and a Lystrosaurus, before being killed by a juvenile Baryonyx, with Owen letting Rainn
List of Jurassic Park (franchise) characters
List_of_Jurassic_Park_(franchise)_characters
Extinct genus of reptiles
occupied a wide geographic range. Fossils of the genus were found in the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Katberg and Normandien Formations of South Africa
Procolophon
Extinct genus of therapsids
gorgonopsian specimens (Therapsida, Theriodontia) reported from the Triassic Lystrosaurus declivis Assemblage Zone, Karoo Basin, South Africa". Palaeogeography
Cyonosaurus
Benoit, Fernandez & Botha (2026) identify a curled perinate specimen of Lystrosaurus from the Lower Triassic strata of the Balfour or Katberg Formation (South
2026_in_paleontology
Genus of theropod dinosaurs from the late Triassic
Galesaurus Howesia Ictidosuchoides Kannemeyeria Lepidodendron Lydekkerina Lystrosaurus Melanorosaurus Mesosuchus Microgomphodon Micropholis Myosaurus Noteosuchus
Coelophysis
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
Euptychognathus? Jimusaria? Kwazulusaurus Lystrosauravus Madumabisa Lystrosaurus Sintocephalus? Kannemeyeriiformes see below↓ Kannemeyeriiformes Kannemeyeriiformes
Elph_(therapsid)
Extinct genus of reptiles
Formation of the Beaufort Group (Karoo Basin) and referred to the uppermost Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone. It was first named by Juan Carlos Cisneros in 2008 and
Kitchingnathus
Extinct genus of cynodonts
cavity of the metaphyses. Thrinaxodon was originally discovered in the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Beaufort Group of South Africa. The genoholotype
Thrinaxodon
Clade of bidentalian dicynodonts
Euptychognathus? Jimusaria? Kwazulusaurus Lystrosauravus Madumabisa Lystrosaurus Sintocephalus? Kannemeyeriiformes see below↓ Kannemeyeriiformes Kannemeyeriiformes
Elphidae
Extinct genus of reptiles
Assemblage Zone, while a 1975 revision preferred the Early Triassic Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone for the specimen's origins, but did not rule out the
Palaeagama
Extinct order of tetrapods
Rubidge, Bruce S. (2005-09-30). "The amphibamid Micropholis from the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Temnospondyli
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Tamil
Salute
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Lamp of Supreme God
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Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Sweet; Cute
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Shine like a star
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Young lady Maiden
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Well Wisher; One with Caring Eyes; Eyes which Hopes Good Always
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Arrow
Male
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(Ἀσκληπιός) Greek name ASKLEPIOS means "surgeon." In mythology, this is the name of a demigod who learned the secret of life and death from a serpent.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon American English
From the dark village.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Peace
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