Moradisaurus Explained

Moradisaurus is an extinct genus of large captorhinid tetrapods, with a single species Moradisaurus grandis,^[1] known from the late Permian (Lopingian) aged Moradi Formation of Niger.^{[2] [3]} It is the largest captorhinid known, estimated to have reached a snout-vent length of over two metres.^[4] Similar to other members of Moradisaurinae, it possessed multiple tooth rows, which is associated with a high-fiber herbivorous diet.^[5]

The holotype is MNHN MRD1, a skull that was discovered during the late 1960s.

Notes and References

1. P. Taquet. (1969). Première découverte en Afrique d'un Reptile Captorhinomorphe (Cotylosaurien). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences Paris, Série D 268:779-781
2. O'Keefe . FR . Sidor . CA . Larsson . HCE . Maga . A . Ide . O . 2005 . The Vertebrate Fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger: III, Morphology and Ontogeny of the Hindlimb of Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia, Captorhinidae) . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 25 . 2 . 309–319.
3. Sidor . CA . Ide . OA . Larsson . HCE . O'Keefe . FR . Smith . RMH . Steyer . J-S . Modesto . SP . 2022 . The vertebrate fauna of the upper Permian of Niger-XI. Cranial material of a juvenile Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia: Captorhinidae) . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 41 . e2030345.
4. LeBlanc . Aaron R. H. . Brar . Amanpreet K . May . William J . Reisz . Robert R . 2015-09-18 . Multiple tooth-rowed captorhinids from the Early Permian fissure fills of the Bally Mountain Locality of Oklahoma . Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology . 1 . 35 . 10.18435/B5RP4N . 2292-1389. free .
5. Modesto . SP . Richards . CD . Ide . O . Sidor . CA . 2018. The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger-X. The mandible of the captorhinid reptile Moradisaurus grandis . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 38 . 6 . 1–14.