Mormosaurus Temporal range: Permian, Guadalupian epoch |
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Illustration of Mormosaurus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Order: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
Family: | †Tapinocephalidae |
Genus: |
†Mormosaurus Watson, 1914 |
Species | |
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Mormosaurus ("Mormo's Lizard") is a possibly extinct genus of tapinocephalidae. It was first named by Watson in 1914, and contains one species, M. seeleyi. Members of Mormosaurus had a long skull. Its taxonomic status is not settled.