Captorhinidae
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Captorhinidae is an extinct family of tetrapods, traditionally considered primitive reptiles, known from the late Carboniferous to the Late Permian. They had a cosmopolitan distribution across Pangea.
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- Captorhinus aguti p.jpg
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- Captorhinidae
- start time
- 300000000-
- end time
- 255000000-
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Captorhinidae is an extinct family of tetrapods, traditionally considered primitive reptiles, known from the late Carboniferous to the Late Permian. They had a cosmopolitan distribution across Pangea.
==Description== left|thumb|Skull of Captorhinus|Captorhinus kierani
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