Lemurosaurus

Le-mu-roe-sore-us.
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Paleoecologist

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Name

Lemurosaurus ‭(‬Lemur lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Le-mu-roe-sore-us.

Named By

Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1949.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Biarmosuchia,‭ ‬Burnetiamorpha.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

L.‭ ‬pricei‭

Size

Skull‭ ‬10‭ ‬centimetres long,‭ ‬total body size unknown.

Known locations

South Africa‭ ‬-‭ ‬Middleton Formation,‭ ‬Balfour Formation.

Time Period

Wuchiapingian of the Permian.

Fossil representation

Skull remains of two individuals.

In Depth

       Lemurosaurus is a genus of biarmosuchian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Although Lemurosaurus lived during the late Permian,‭ ‬the genus is still noted as being primitive in form.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬New fossil reptile genera from the Bernard Price Collection.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Annals of the Transvaal Museum‭ ‬21‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬187‭–‬194.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Robert Broom‭ ‬-‭ ‬1949. -‭ ‬A second specimen of Lemurosaurus pricei‭ (‬Therapsida:‭ ‬Burnetiamorpha‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬23‭ (‬3‭)‬:‭ ‬631‭–‬642.‭ ‬-‭ ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Sidor‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Welman‭ ‬-‭ ‬2003.

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