Basilodon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of dicynodonts}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Late Permian
~{{fossil range|259|254}}

| image = Basilodon woodwardi Kammerer et al., 2011.jpg

| image_caption = Basilodon woodwardi

| taxon = Basilodon

| authority = Kammerer et al. 2011

| type_species = {{extinct}}Basilodon woodwardi

| type_species_authority = (Broom, 1921)

| synonyms = *Dicynodon woodwardi Broom, 1921

}}

Basilodon is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid.{{cite journal |last=Kammerer |first=C.F. |author2=Angielczyk, K.D.|author3= Fröbisch, J. |year=2011 |title=A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=Suppl. 1 |pages=1–158 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.627074|bibcode=2011JVPal..31S...1K |s2cid=84987497 }} The type species, Basilodon woodwardi was originally named in 1921 as Dicynodon woodwardi. Fossils have been found in the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone and Dicynodon Assemblage Zone of the Balfour Formation of the Beaufort Group in South Africa.