Galesauridae

Galesaurids Temporal range: Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Galesaurus plancipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Clade:	Epicynodontia
Family:	†Galesauridae Lyddeker, 1890
Genera
†Cromptodon †Cynosaurus †Galesaurus †Progalesaurus

Galesauridae is an extinct

.

Galesaurids are some of the most primitive of the

are much larger than those of the Procynosuchids, but not as large as in more advanced Epicynodontians. Their snouts are broad, rather than tall, and they may have walked erect, with the legs beneath the body like most other Cynodontians.

Galesaurid fossils are found almost worldwide. They were among the survivors of the

.

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