Lupeosaurus

Extinct genus of synapsids

Lupeosaurus
Temporal range: Early Permian, 295 Ma
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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]

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References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Romer, A.S.; Price, L.W. (1940). Review of the Pelycosauria. pp. 400, 403. ISBN 9780813720289. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
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