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Pylaecephalidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Therapsida

Higher classification
  
Therapsid

Phylum
  
Chordata

Infraorder
  
†Dicynodontia

Rank
  
Family

Pylaecephalidae

Similar
  
Diictodontia, Emydops, Odontocyclops, Dinanomodon

Pylaecephalidae is a family of dicynodont therapsids that includes Diictodon, Robertia, and Prosictodon from the Permian of South Africa. Pylaecephalids were small burrowing dicynodonts with long tusks. The family was first named in 1934 and was redefined in 2009. Diictodontidae and Robertiidae are considered junior synonyms of Pylaecephalidae.

References

Pylaecephalidae Wikipedia