"endothiodon" was widespread and is found across the southern region of what was then a single large continent known as pangea. it was originally only found in southern africa but has now also been found in india and brazil, which were both close to africa at the time. the finding in brazil marks the first dicynodont to be reported for the permian of south america. this finding also shows that part of the rio do rasto formation in brazil can now be correlated with deposits in india, malawi, mozambique, south africa, tanzania, zambia, and zimbabwe.