Moradisaurus

Moradisaurus
Temporal range: Lopingian
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

Moradisaurus is an extinct genus of large captorhinid reptile, with a single species Moradisaurus grandis, known from the late Permian (Lopingian) aged Moradi Formation of Niger. It is the largest captorhinid known, estimated to have reached a snout-vent length of over two metres. Similar to other members of Moradisaurinae, it possessed multiple tooth rows, which is associated with a high-fiber herbivorous diet.

The holotype is MNHN MRD1, a skull that was discovered during the late 1960s.


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