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Captorhinidae

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Captorhinidae (also known as cotylosaurs, root reptiles or stem reptiles) is one of the earliest and most basal reptile families.
Captorhinids are a clade of small to very large lizard-like reptiles that date from the late Carboniferous through the Permian. Their skulls were much stronger than those of their relatives, the Protorothyrididae, and had teeth that were better able to deal with tough plant material
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Captorhinidae:

†Thuringothyris mahlendorffae [link]
†Concordia cunninghami [link]
†Romeria texana [link]
†Romeria prima [link]
†Rhiodenticulaus heatoni [link]
†Protocaptorhinus pricei [link]
†Protocaptorhinus sp [link]
†Saurorictus australis [link]
†Acrodenta irerhi [link]
†Captorhinoides valensis [link]
†Captorhinus laticeps [link]
†Captorhinus magnus [link]
†Captorhinus aguti [link]
†Paracaptorhinus neglectus = Captorhinus aguti ? [link]
†Reiszorhinus olsoni [link]
†Eocaptorhinus laticeps [link]

†Moradisaurinae :

†Labidosaurus hamatus [link]
†Labidosaurikos meachami [link]
†Captorhinikos parvus [link]
†Captorhinikos chozaensis [link]
†Gecatogomphius kavejevi [link]
†Kahneria seltina [link]
†Rothianiscus multidonta [link]
†Rothianiscus robusta [link]
†Gansurhinus qingtoushanensis [link]
†Moradisaurus grandis ver 1 [link]

Dubious Captorhinids
† Riabininus uralensis [link]


not shown here:

†Puercosaurus obtusidens
†Baeotherates fortsillensis
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CartoonBen's avatar
Magnifying Glass Primitive reptiles are fascinating. I like how their appearances are along the lines of both reptiles and amphibians.