Kannemeyeria is a genus of dicynodont that lived during the Anisian age of Middle Triassic period in what is now Africa and South America.

[1] The generic name is given in honor of Daniel Rossouw Kannemeyer, the South African fossil collector who discovered the original specimen.

It also had limb girdles which formed massive plates of bone that helped support its heavily built body.

[3] Kannemeyeria was well-adapted to living as a herbivore; it had a powerful beak and strong jaw muscles built for shearing plant material.

[6][7] Below is a cladogram from Kammerer et al. (2013):[8] Angonisaurus Tetragonias Vinceria Shansiodon Rhinodicynodon Dinodontosaurus Shaanbeikannemeyeria Kannemeyeria simocephalus Kannemeyeria lophorhinus Parakannemeyeria Xiyukannemeyeria Dolichuranus Rechnisaurus Uralokannemeyeria Rhadiodromus Sinokannemeyeria Rabidosaurus Wadiasaurus Zambiasaurus Placerias Moghreberia Stahleckeria Eubrachiosaurus Sangusaurus Jachaleria Ischigualastia