Lanthanosuchus

Lanthanosuchus
Temporal range: Middle - Late Permian,
Skull of L. watsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Reptiliomorpha
Genus: †Lanthanosuchus
Efremov, 1940
Species
  • †Lanthanosuchus qualeni Efremov, 1940 (nomen nudum)
  • †Lanthanosuchus watsoni Efremov, 1946

Lanthanosuchus is an extinct genus of reptiliomorph from the Late Permian. It was found at Isheevo in Tatarstan. Lanthanosuchus had a length of 75 cm.

Traditionally recovered as a "parareptile", recent studies have instead recovered Lanthanosuchus as a reptiliomorph outside of Amniota.

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