Mycterosaurus
| Mycterosaurus Temporal range: Early Permian | |
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| Life restoration of Mycterosaurus longipes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Family: | †Varanopidae |
| Subfamily: | †Mycterosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Mycterosaurus Williston, 1915 |
| Type species | |
| †Mycterosaurus longiceps Williston, 1915 | |
Mycterosaurus was an extinct genus of synapsid belonging to the family Varanopidae. It is classified in the varanopid subfamily Mycterosaurinae. Mycterosaurus is the most primitive member of its family. It lacks some features that its advanced relatives have. Mycterosaurus was about 60 cm long.[1]
Reconstruction of Mycterosaurus longiceps
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See also
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