Mormosaurus

Mormosaurus
Mormosaurus
Temporal range: Permian
Illustration of Mormosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Division: Amniota
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Family: Tapinocephalidae
Genus: Mormosaurus
Watson, 1914
Species
  • †M. Seeleyi

Mormosaurus ("Bogeyman Lizard" or "Mormo's Lizard") is an extinct genus of Tapinocephalidae. It was first named by Watson in 1914, and contains one species, M. Seeleyi. Mormosaurus had a long skull.

See also

Abyssal Brachiopod 00148.jpg Paleontology portal
  • List of synapsids

References

  • The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer

External links


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