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Mormosaurus Temporal range: Permian, Guadalupian epoch |
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| Illustration of Mormosaurus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
| Family: | †Tapinocephalidae |
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†Mormosaurus Watson, 1914 |
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Mormosaurus ("Mormo's Lizard") is a possibly extinct genus of tapinocephalidae. 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.