Moradisaurus Temporal range:
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Reconstruction of Moradisaurus grandis from different angle | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
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 reptile, 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]