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Anthracosaurus

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Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anthracosaurus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Family
  
†AnthracosauridaeCope, 1875

Similar
  
Embolomeri, Pholiderpeton, Pteroplax, Archeria, Chroniosuchidae

Anthracosaurus is an extinct genus of embolomere, a close relative of reptiles that lived during the Late Carboniferous (around 310 million years ago) in what is now Scotland and England. It was a large, aquatic eel-like predator able to grow up to 3 m (10 ft) in length. It has a robust skull about 40 centimetres (1.3 ft) in length with large teeth in the jaws and on the roof of the mouth. Anthracosaurus probably inhabited swamps, rivers and lakes. Its name is Greek for "coal lizard".

References

Anthracosaurus Wikipedia