Dromasaurs are a paraphyletic group of anomodont therapsids from the Middle Permian. They were small with slender legs and long tails. Their skulls were short, but the eye sockets were large. Dromasauria was once considered to be a major group of

basal Basal or basilar is a term meaning ''base'', ''bottom'', or ''minimum''. Science * Basal (anatomy), an anatomical term of location for features associated with the base of an organism or structure * Basal (medicine), a minimal level that is nec ...

anomodonts along with the infraorder Venyukovioidea. It includes the genera '' Galepus'', '' Galechirus'', and ''

Galeops ''Galeops'' is an extinct genus of anomodont therapsids from the Middle-Late Permian of South Africa. It was described by Robert Broom Robert Broom FRS FRSE (30 November 1866 6 April 1951) was a British- South African doctor and palaeonto ...

'', all from southern

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. Below is a cladogram based on Modesto and Rubidge (2000), Liu ''et al.'' (2009) and Cisneros ''et al.'' (2011):

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Anomodonts Paraphyletic groups {{anomodont-stub

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