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Extinct genus of therapsids

Mormosaurus
Temporal range: Permian, Guadalupian epoch PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Illustration of Mormosaurus
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

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Dinocephalia
Synapsida
Dinocephalia
    • see below↓
Dinocephalia
Dinocephalia
Rhopalodontidae?
Phreatosuchidae?
Anteosauria
Anteosauridae
Anteosaurinae
Syodontinae
Tapinocephalia
Estemmenosuchidae
Titanosuchidae
Tapinocephalidae
Tapinocephalinae
Anteosaurus magnificus Estemmenosuchus mirabilis
Taxon identifiers
Mormosaurus
Mormosaurus seeleyi


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