Kannemeyeria is what you might call a typical large dicynodont in that it possessed a cropping beak for snipping vegetation as well as two downwards pointing tusks that may have been used for digging up roots and tubers. Kannemeyeria was towards the larger end of the dicynodont size scale, a size that was required to house the extensive digestive system that was required to process plant material. To support this weight and bulk the limb girdles was well developed to allow Kannemeyeria to browse the Triassic plains at a slow but stable gait.