Claudiosaurus Temporal range: Lopingian
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Specimen of Claudiosaurus germaini, on display at the Redpath Museum, Montreal | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Neodiapsida |
Family: | †Claudiosauridae Carroll 1981 |
Genus: | †Claudiosaurus Carroll 1981 |
Type species | |
†Claudiosaurus germaini |
Claudiosaurus (claudus is Latin for 'lameness' and saurus means 'lizard') is an extinct genus of diapsid reptiles from the Late Permian Sakamena Formation of the Morondava Basin, Madagascar. It has been suggested to be semi-aquatic.