†family Galesauridae Lydekker 1890 (therapsid)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39175
Synonyms: Cynosauridae Haughton and Brink 1954 (no. 95364), Cynosuchidae Broom 1915 (no. 265895), Nythosauridae Watson 1917 (no. 343360)
Parent taxon: Epicynodontia according to J. F. Bonaparte 2012
Sister taxa: Brasilodontia, Eucynodontia, Gomphodontia, Platycraniellus, Procynosuchia, Vetusodon
Subtaxa: Cynosaurus, Nanictosaurus, Progalesaurus, Sysphinctostoma
Ecology: