Lystrosaurus: Quick Facts

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Illustration of a Lystrosaurus, an extinct dicynodont therapsid, showing a stocky, quadrupedal animal with a short tail, beaked mouth, and two prominent tusks, with a scale bar above for size reference.

Map depicting the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, with colored bands showing the overlapping geographic home ranges of four prehistoric species-Cynognathus, Lystrosaurus, Glossopteris, and Mesosaurus-extending across present-day South America, Africa, India, Antarctica, and Australia.

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