Moradisaurus
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| Moradisaurus Temporal range:
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| File:Moradisaurus.jpg | |
| Reconstruction of Moradisaurus grandis from different angles | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Captorhinidae |
| Subfamily: | †Moradisaurinae |
| Genus: | †Moradisaurus Taquet, 1969 |
| Type species | |
| †Moradisaurus grandis Taquet, 1969
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Moradisaurus is an extinct genus of large captorhinid tetrapods, with a single species Moradisaurus grandis,[1] known from the late Permian (Lopingian) aged Moradi Formation of Niger.[2][3] It is the largest captorhinid known, estimated to have reached a snout-vent length of over two metres.[4] Similar to other members of Moradisaurinae, it possessed multiple tooth rows, which is associated with a high-fiber herbivorous diet.[5]
The holotype is MNHN MRD1, a skull that was discovered during the late 1960s.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b P. Taquet. (1969). Première découverte en Afrique d'un Reptile Captorhinomorphe (Cotylosaurien). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D 268:779-781
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