Mormosaurus
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
| Family: | †Tapinocephalidae |
| Genus: | †Mormosaurus Watson, 1914 |
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Mormosaurus ("Mormo's Lizard") is an extinct genus of tapinocephalid dinocephalian therapsid from the Guadalupian epoch of South Africa. It was first named by Watson in 1914, and contains one species, M. seeleyi. Individuals of Mormosaurus had a long skull. Its taxonomic status is not settled, as Mormosaurus may be congeneric with Tapinocephalus.[1]
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ William, Gregory (1926). "The skeleton of Moschops capensis, a dinocephalian reptile from the Permian of South Africa". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 56 (3): 179–251.
External links
[edit]- "GBIF - Mormosaurus". August 5, 2016.
- The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer
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