Mycterosaurus

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Mycterosaurus
Fossil range: Middle Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Pelycosauria
Family: Varanopseidae
Subfamily: Mycterosaurinae
Genus: Mycterosaurus
Species
  • Mycterosaurus longiceps

Mycterosaurus was a pelycosaur belonging to the family Varanopseidae of the subfamily Mycterosaurinae. Mycterosaurus is the most primitive member of its family. It lacks some features that its advanced relatives have.

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