Lasasaurus

Name: Lasasaurus.
Phonetic: ‭L‬ah-sah-sore-us.
Named By: J.‭ ‬Falconnet,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Andriamihaja,‭ ‬É.‭ ‬Läng‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬-S.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Steyer‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Procolophonomorpha,‭ ‬Procolophonidae.
Species: L.‭ ‬beltanae‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: Uncertain,‭ ‬holotype is of a juvenile.
Known locations: Madagascar-‭ ‬Middle Sakamena Formation.
Time period: Olenekian/early Anisian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Mostly complete juvenile.

       Lasasaurus was a genus of procolophonid parareptile‭ (‬the type genus of the group being Procolophon‭) ‬that live in Madagascar during the early Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬First procolophonid‭ (‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Parareptilia‭) ‬from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar‭ ‬-‭ ‬Comptes Rendus Palevol‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Falconnet,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Andriamihaja,‭ ‬É.‭ ‬Läng‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬-S.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Steyer‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.

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