Glaucosaurus
Sign in to saveGlaucosaurus is an extinct genus of edaphosaurid synapsid from the Early Permian of Texas. The type species, G. megalops, was named in 1915.
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- Parent taxon
- Edaphosauridae
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- Glaucosaurus megalops Holotype FMNH.jpg
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- taxon name
- Glaucosaurus
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- genus
- start time
- 285000000-
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- Glaucosaurus
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Glaucosaurus is an extinct genus of edaphosaurid synapsid from the Early Permian of Texas. The type species, G. megalops, was named in 1915.
==Classification== Glaucosaurus is known only from its holotype, a partial skull and jaw. Almost all of the sutures have been obliterated. Nevertheless, there is broad agreement that Glaucosaurus is not only an edaphosaurid, but a close relative of Edaphosaurus itself.
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