Lupeosaurus
Lupeosaurus Temporal range: Early Permian, | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Family: | †Edaphosauridae |
Genus: | †Lupeosaurus Romer, 1937 |
Species: | †L. kayi |
Binomial name | |
†Lupeosaurus kayi Romer, 1937 |
Lupeosaurus is an extinct genus of pelycosaurian synapsids, assigned to the family Edaphosauridae.[1] Lupeosaurus was about 3 metres (9.8 ft) long and weighed around 166 kilograms (366 lb).[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Benson, R.J. (2012). "Interrelationships of basal synapsids: cranial and postcranial morphological partitions suggest different topologies". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (4): 601–624. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.631042.
- ^ Romer, A.S.; Price, L.W. (1940). Review of the Pelycosauria. pp. 400, 403. ISBN 9780813720289.
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