Labidosaurus hamatus
Sign in to saveLabidosaurus (from , 'forceps' and , 'lizard') is an extinct genus of captorhinid tetrapods from the Permian period of North America. Fossils have been discovered in Texas.
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- L. hamatus
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Labidosaurus (from , 'forceps' and , 'lizard') is an extinct genus of captorhinid tetrapods from the Permian period of North America. Fossils have been discovered in Texas.
It was heavily built, resembling a lizard with a large head, and measuring about long. Like most captorhinids, it was probably quadrupedal. Unlike many other captorhinids it had a single row of sharp, conical teeth in its jaws, and its dietary habits are assumed to have been omnivorous.
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