Kannemeyeriiformes

Kannemeyeriiformes
Temporal range: Triassic, 252–201 Ma
Restoration of Stahleckeria potens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Infraorder: Dicynodontia
Superfamily: Dicynodontoidea
Clade: Kannemeyeriiformes
Maisch, 2001
Subgroups

Kannemeyeriiformes is a group of large-bodied Triassic dicynodonts. As a clade, Kannemeyeriiformes has been defined to include the species Kannemeyeria simocephalus and all dicynodonts more closely related to it than to the species Lystrosaurus murrayi.

Evolutionary history

Despite being the most species-rich group of dicynodonts in the Triassic Period, kannemeyeriiforms exhibit much less diversity in terms of their anatomy and ecological roles than do dicynodonts from the Permian Period.

Lystrosauridae is thought to be the most closely related group (sister taxon) to Kannemeyeriiformes, and since the earliest lystrosaurids are known from the Late Permian, the divergence of these two groups must have occurred at least as far back as this time, effectively creating a long ghost lineage must exist.[1] Although no kannemeyeriiforms have been found in the Late Permian yet, the recent discovery of Sungeodon helps fill a gap in the early fossil record of the group by showing that kannemeyeriiforms diversified right after the Permian-Triassic extinction event.[2]

Classification

Four families have been included in the group: Kannemeyeriidae, Shansiodontidae, Stahleckeriidae, and Dinodontosauridae.[3] Occasionally some of these families are not recognized, with most kannemeyeriiforms being placed in Kannemeyeriidae.[4] Recent phylogenetic analyses suggest that these families represent similar body plans or morphotypes rather than true evolutionary groupings.[1]

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Kammerer et al. (2013):[1]

Kannemeyeriiformes

Angonisaurus



Shansiodontidae


Tetragonias



Vinceria





Shansiodon



Rhinodicynodon






Dinodontosaurus





Shaanbeikannemeyeria




Kannemeyeria simocephalus



Kannemeyeria lophorhinus







Parakannemeyeria



Xiyukannemeyeria






Dolichuranus




Rechnisaurus



Uralokannemeyeria






Rhadiodromus




Sinokannemeyeria





Rabidosaurus



Wadiasaurus



Stahleckeriidae
Placeriinae

Zambiasaurus




Placerias



Moghreberia




Stahleckeriinae

Stahleckeria





Eubrachiosaurus



Sangusaurus





Jachaleria



Ischigualastia















References

  1. 1 2 3 Kammerer, C. F.; Fröbisch, J. R.; Angielczyk, K. D. (2013). Farke, Andrew A, ed. "On the Validity and Phylogenetic Position of Eubrachiosaurus browni, a Kannemeyeriiform Dicynodont (Anomodontia) from Triassic North America". PLoS ONE 8 (5): e64203. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064203.
  2. Maisch, M. W.; Matzke, A. T. (2014). "Sungeodon kimkraemerae n. gen. n. sp., the oldest kannemeyeriiform (Therapsida, Dicynodontia) and its implications for the early diversification of large herbivores after the P/T boundary". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 272: 1. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0394. edit
  3. Zavattieri, A. M.; Arcucci, A. B. (2007). "Edad y posición estratigráfica de los tetrápodos del cerro Bayo de Potrerillos (Triásico), Mendoza, Argentina". Ameghiniana 44: 133–142. ISSN 1851-8044.
  4. Surkov, M.V.; Benton, M.J. (2008). "Head kinematics and feeding adaptations of the Permian and Triassic dicynodonts". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (4): 1120–1129. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1120.


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