Lupeosaurus
Lupeosaurus is an extinct genus of pelycosaurian synapsids, assigned to the family Edaphosauridae.[1] Lupeosaurus was about 2.5–3.3 metres (8.2–10.8 ft) long and weighed around 166 kilograms (366 lb).[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Edaphosauridae |
| Genus: | †Lupeosaurus Romer, 1937 |
| Species: | †L. kayi |
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| †Lupeosaurus kayi Romer, 1937 | |
See also
References
- 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. Geological Society of America Special Papers. pp. 400, 403. ISBN 9780813720289.
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