Mormosaurus seeleyi

Tapinocephalian with a relatively long snout. May be a juvenile of Keratocephalus.

Name

Mormosaurus seeleyi

Authority

Watson, 1914

Meaning of generic name

Mormo's Lizard

Size

Skull length: , Length:

Remains

Skulls.

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Lower and Middle Tapinocephalus assemblage zone, Lower Beaufort beds, Middle Permian (Capitanian).

Type locality: Beaufort West, Karoo basin, South Africa.

Classification

Synapsida Therapsida Dinocephalia Tapinocephalia Tapinocephalidae

Further Reading

Watson, D. M. S., 1914. The Deinocephalia, an order of Mammal-like Reptiles: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1914, p. 744-786.

Synonyms

Tapinocephalus atherstonei Broom, 1901 non Owen, 1876