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Diictodontia

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Diictodonts
Robertia, a primitive Diictodont.
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Diictodontia
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A model of the genus Diictodon.
Myosaurus, an Emydopid.
A Diictodon fossil.

The Diictodontia were a group of herbivorus Dicynodonts from the Permian of South Africa South Africa. This infraorder was composed of three different families; Diictodontidae (the type family), Emydopidae, and Robertiidae.[1]

The clade was named a sub group of the group Dicynodontia by Robert L. Carroll in 1988.[1]

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