Moradisaurus is an extinct genus of large captorhinid tetrapods, with a single species Moradisaurus grandis,[1] known from the late Permian (Lopingian) aged Moradi Formation of Niger.[2][3] It is the largest captorhinid known, estimated to have reached a snout-vent length of over two metres.[4] Similar to other members of Moradisaurinae, it possessed multiple tooth rows, which is associated with a high-fiber herbivorous diet.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Family: | †Captorhinidae |
| Subfamily: | †Moradisaurinae |
| Genus: | †Moradisaurus Taquet, 1969 |
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| †Moradisaurus grandis Taquet, 1969
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The holotype is MNHN MRD1, a skull that was discovered during the late 1960s.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b P. Taquet. (1969). Première découverte en Afrique d'un Reptile Captorhinomorphe (Cotylosaurien). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences Paris, Série D 268:779-781
- ^ O'Keefe, FR; Sidor, CA; Larsson, HCE; Maga, A; Ide, O (2005). "The Vertebrate Fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger: III, Morphology and Ontogeny of the Hindlimb of Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia, Captorhinidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (2): 309–319.
- ^ Sidor, CA; Ide, OA; Larsson, HCE; O'Keefe, FR; Smith, RMH; Steyer, J-S; Modesto, SP (2022). "The vertebrate fauna of the upper Permian of Niger-XI. Cranial material of a juvenile Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia: Captorhinidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41: e2030345.
- ^ LeBlanc, Aaron R. H.; Brar, Amanpreet K; May, William J; Reisz, Robert R (2015-09-18). "Multiple tooth-rowed captorhinids from the Early Permian fissure fills of the Bally Mountain Locality of Oklahoma". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 1: 35. doi:10.18435/B5RP4N. ISSN 2292-1389.
- ^ Modesto, SP; Richards, CD; Ide, O; Sidor, CA (2018). "The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger-X. The mandible of the captorhinid reptile Moradisaurus grandis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (6): 1–14.
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