Neosaurus

Neosaurus
Neosaurus
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Pelycosauria
Family: Sphenacodontidae
Genus: Neosaurus
Nopsca, 1923
Species
  • Neosaurus cynodus (Gervais, 1869) Nopsca, 1923

Neosaurus is a little-known pelycosaur of the family Sphenacodontidae. It was related to the well known Dimetrodon, although much smaller (about 1 m in length) and lived during the Early Permian. Its fossils were found in the Jura region of France.

A species of the hadrosaur dinosaur Hypsibema, H. missouriensis, is also called Neosaurus, although because the name was already in use, that species was renamed Parrosaurus before being reassigned to Hypsibema.

See also

  • List of synapsids


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