Hipposaurus

Hipposaurus Temporal range: Wuchiapingian, 260.4–253.8 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Synapsida
Order:	Therapsida
Family:	Ictidorhinidae
Genus:	Hipposaurus
Species:	H. seelyi H. boonstrai

Hipposaurus ('horse lizard') is an extinct genus of therapsid that lived in the Late Permian. It had a 21 cm skull and a total length of 1.2 m. Hipposaurus was originally thought to be a member of Gorgonopsia.

See also

• List of synapsids

References

General

• The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive