Mormosaurus

Mormosaurus Temporal range: Permian, Guadalupian epoch PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Illustration of Mormosaurus
Scientific 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 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. Members of Mormosaurus had a long skull. Its taxonomic status is not settled, as some authorities synonymize it with Keratocephalus.

See also

• List of therapsids

References

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

External links

• Mormosaurus in the Paleobiology Database
• www.paleofile.com - Alphabetical list, section M

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Dinocephalia

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Synapsida Clade: Therapsida Clade: Eutherapsida
Synapsida see Synapsida Dinocephalia see below↓ Dinocephalia

Dinocephalia	Microurania Novocynodon? Phthinosuchus? Tappenosaurus? Rhopalodontidae? Phthinosaurus? Rhopalodon Phreatosuchidae? Phreatosaurus Phreatosuchus Anteosauria Admetophoneus Anteosauridae Archaeosyodon Microsyodon Anteosaurinae Anteosaurus Sinophoneus Titanophoneus Syodontinae Australosyodon Notosyodon Pampaphoneus Syodon Tapinocephalia Brithopus Deuterosaurus Orthopus Styracocephalus Estemmenosuchidae Estemmenosuchus Molybdopygus Parabradysaurus Titanosuchidae Dinartamus Enobius Jonkeria Lamiasaurus Scullya? Titanosuchus Tapinocephalidae Mormosaurus Tapinocaninus Tapinocephalinae Criocephalosaurus Keratocephalus Moschops Riebeeckosaurus Struthiocephalus Tapinocephalus Ulemosaurus

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