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Mormosaurus

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Mormosaurus
Temporal range: Permian, Guadalupian epoch
Illustration of Mormosaurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Family: Tapinocephalidae
Genus: Mormosaurus
Watson, 1914
Species
  • M. seeleyi

Mormosaurus ("Mormo's Lizard") is a apossible extinct genus of tapinocephalidae. It was first named by Watson in 1914, and contains one species, M. seeleyi. Mormosaurus had a long skull. It's taxonomic status is not settled.

See also

References

  • "GBIF - Mormosaurus". August 5, 2016.
  • The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer