Biology:Stahleckeriidae

Short description: Extinct family of dicynodonts

Stahleckeriids Temporal range: Triassic, Template:Fossil range/linked
Mounted skeleton of Ischigualastia jenseni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Anomodontia
Clade:	†Dicynodontia
Clade:	†Kannemeyeriiformes
Family:	†Stahleckeriidae Cox, 1965
Subgroups
†Sungeodon? †Woznikella †Placeriinae †Argodicynodon †Lisowicia †Moghreberia †Placerias †Pentasaurus †Zambiasaurus †Stahleckeriinae †Eubrachiosaurus †Ischigualastia †Jachaleria †Sangusaurus †Stahleckeria †Ufudocyclops

Stahleckeriidae is a family of dicynodont therapsids whose fossils are known from the Triassic of North America, South America, Asia and Africa.

Classification

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Szczygielski and Sulej (2023):

Stahleckeriidae	Placeriinae   Zambiasaurus       Pentasaurus       Lisowicia       Moghreberia     Placerias           Stahleckeriinae   Stahleckeria       Eubrachiosaurus       Sangusaurus       Ischigualastia     Jachaleria

Genera

Genus	Status	Age	Location	Description	Images
Argodicynodon	Valid	Norian	United States
Eubrachiosaurus	Valid	Norian	United States
Ischigualastia	Valid	Carnian	Argentina
Lisowicia	Valid	Late Norian — Early Rhaetian?	Poland
Jachaleria	Valid	Norian	Argentina and Brazil
Moghreberia	Valid	Carnian	Morocco
Placerias	Valid	Norian	United States
Pentasaurus	Valid	Late Triassic	South Africa
Sangusaurus	Valid	Anisian	Zambia
Stahleckeria	Valid	Ladinian	Brazil and Namibia
Sungeodon?	Valid	Induan	China	Initially identified as a stahleckeriid, possibly a more basal genus.
Ufudocyclops	Valid	Anisian?	South Africa
Woznikella	Valid	Carnian	Germany and Poland
Zambiasaurus	Valid	Anisian	Zambia

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4526703 entry