Bolosaurus

Bolosaurus Temporal range: Early Permian, 289.5–273.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	†Parareptilia
Order:	†Procolophonomorpha
Family:	†Bolosauridae
Genus:	†Bolosaurus Cope, 1878
Species
†B. striatus Cope, 1878 (type) †B. major Broom, 1913 †B. traati Tatarinov, 1974 †B. grandis Reisz et al., 2002

Bolosaurus (from Ancient Greek bolos, "lump" + sauros: lizard]) is an extinct genus of bolosaurid reptile from the Cisuralian epoch (middle Sakmarian to early Kungurian stages) of North Asia and North America (Red Beds of Texas and Oklahoma).^[1]