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Hipposauridae Temporal range: Late Permian
Life restoration of Hipposaurus boonstrai
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Biarmosuchia
Family:	†Hipposauridae Romer, 1956
Genera
Hipposaurus ?Hipposauroides ?Pseudhipposaurus

Hipposauridae is an extinct family of biarmosuchian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. It includes the genus Hipposaurus, and possibly the genera Hipposauroides and Pseudhipposaurus. A closely related biarmosuchian is Ictidorhinus, which has been placed in the family Ictidorhinidae.

References

1. Rubidge, B.S.; Sidor, C.A.; Modesto, S.P. (2006). "A new burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Middle Permian of South Africa". Journal of Paleontology. 80 (4): 740–749. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[740:ANBTBF]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 130196490.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Synapsida Clade: Therapsida Synapsida see Synapsida Biarmosuchia see below↓ Biarmosuchia
†Biarmosuchia Alrausuchus Herpetoskylax Ictidorhinus Lycaenodon Rubidgina Ustia Wantulignathus Nikkasauridae? Nikkasaurus Reiszia Biarmosuchidae Biarmosuchus Biarmosuchoides Eotitanosuchidae Eotitanosuchus Ivantosaurus Kamagorgon? Hipposauridae Hipposauroides? Hipposaurus Pseudhipposaurus? Burnetiamorpha Impumlophantsi Isengops Lemurosaurus Lende Lobalopex Lophorhinus Burnetiidae Bondoceras Bullacephalus Burnetia Leucocephalus Mobaceras Nierkoppia Niuksenitia Pachydectes Paraburnetia Pembecephalus Proburnetia
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