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Myosaurus

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Kingdom
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Therapsid

Infraorder
  
Rank
  
Genus

Myosaurus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommons44

Family
  
†MyosauridaeKitching, 1968

Similar
  
Emydops, Pelanomodon, Dinanomodon, Diictodontia, Odontocyclops

Spore myosaurus


Myosaurus is an extinct genus of dicynodont found primarily in Antarctica and South Africa.

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History

The Family Myosauridae is known only from fossilized skull specimens, the family was distinguished from other families in the infraorder Dicynodontia by the larger breadth of the skull samples intertemporal region.
The Myosaurus used to be a member of the family Endothiodontidae but was placed in its own family after further investigation.

References

Myosaurus Wikipedia