Claudiosaurus

Claudiosaurus
Temporal range: Lopingian
~259–252 Ma
Specimen of Claudiosaurus germaini, on display at the Redpath Museum, Montreal
Scientific classification Edit this 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.