Lupeosaurus is an extinct genus of pelycosaurian synapsids, assigned to the family Edaphosauridae.[1] Lupeosaurus was about 3 metres (9.8 ft) long and weighed around 166 kilograms (366 lb).[2]
| Lupeosaurus Temporal range: Early Permian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Family: | †Edaphosauridae |
| Genus: | †Lupeosaurus Romer, 1937 |
| Species: | †L. kayi
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| †Lupeosaurus kayi Romer, 1937
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References edit
- ^ Benson, R.J. (2012). "Interrelationships of basal synapsids: cranial and postcranial morphological partitions suggest different topologies". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (4): 601–624. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.631042.
- ^ Romer, A.S.; Price, L.W. (1940). Review of the Pelycosauria. pp. 400, 403. ISBN 9780813720289.
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