Charassognathidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of cynodonts}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Charassognathids

| fossil_range = Late Permian (Wuchiapingian), {{fossil range|259|254}}

| image = Abdalodon diastematicus life restoration.jpg

| image_caption = Life restoration of Abdalodon diastematicus

| taxon = Charassognathidae

| authority = Kammerer, 2016

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = * {{Extinct}}Charassognathus

• {{Extinct}}Abdalodontinae
  {{Small|Huttenlocker et al., 2020}}
• {{Extinct}}Abdalodon
• {{Extinct}}Nshimbodon

}}

Charassognathidae is an extinct family of basal cynodonts known from the Late Permian of South Africa and Zambia. It was named in 2016 by the palaeontologist Christian F. Kammerer, who defined it as all taxa more closely related to Charassognathus gracilis than to Dvinia prima, Galesaurus planiceps or Procynosuchus delaharpeae. The family contains the genera Charassognathus, Abdalodon and Nshimbodon, with the latter two making up the subfamily Abdalodontinae.