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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Vinony's link graph records 119 inbound references to Glaucosaurus, and connects out to Varanopidae, Eupelycosauria and Therapsida.
Vinony files it under Cisuralian genus extinctions, Cisuralian genus first appearances and Cisuralian synapsids of North America.
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- Parent taxon
- Edaphosauridae
- Image
- Glaucosaurus megalops Holotype FMNH.jpg
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- taxon name
- Glaucosaurus
- taxon rank
- 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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