Basilodon

Extinct genus of dicynodonts

Basilodon Temporal range: Late Permian ~259–254 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Basilodon woodwardi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Anomodontia
Clade:	†Dicynodontia
Family:	†Lystrosauridae
Genus:	†Basilodon Kammerer et al. 2011
Type species
†Basilodon woodwardi (Broom, 1921)
Synonyms
Dicynodon woodwardi Broom, 1921

Basilodon is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid.^[1] The type species, Basilodon woodwardi was originally named in 1921 as Dicynodon woodwardi. Fossils have been found in the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone and Dicynodon Assemblage Zone of the Balfour Formation of the Beaufort Group in South Africa.

References

^ Kammerer, C.F.; Angielczyk, K.D.; Fröbisch, J. (2011). "A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (Suppl. 1): 1–158. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31S...1K. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.627074. S2CID 84987497.

see Synapsida
Anomodontia	see below↓

Galechirus Galeops Galepus Patranomodon Anomocephaloidea?
Dicynodontia	see below↓

Digalodon Emydorhinus? Palemydops?
Emydopidae	Compsodon Emydops
Myosauridae	Myosauroides Myosaurus
Kingoriidae	Dicynodontoides Kombuisia Thliptosaurus
Cistecephalidae	Cistecephaloides Cistecephalus Kawingasaurus Kembawacela Sauroscaptor

Oudenodontidae

Counillonia Daptocephalus Delectosaurus Dicynodon Dinanomodon Gordonia Kunpania Peramodon Repelinosaurus Taoheodon Turfanodon Vivaxosaurus
Lystrosauridae	Basilodon? Euptychognathus? Jimusaria? Kwazulusaurus Lystrosaurus Sintocephalus?
Kannemeyeriiformes	see below↓

Sungeodon
Placeriinae	Argodicynodon Lisowicia Moghreberia Pentasaurus Placerias Zambiasaurus
Stahleckeriinae	Eubrachiosaurus Ischigualastia Jachaleria Sangusaurus Stahleckeria Ufudocyclops