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Lasasaurus

Lasasaurus is an extinct genus of procolophonid parareptile known from the Early Triassic Middle Sakamena Formation, of northern Madagascar.

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Lasasaurus
Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: Procolophonidae
Genus: Lasasaurus
Falconnet et al., 2012
Type species
Lasasaurus beltanae
Falconnet et al., 2012

Lasasaurus is an extinct genus of procolophonid parareptile known from the Early Triassic Middle Sakamena Formation, of northern Madagascar.1

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References

  1. Falconnet, J.; Andriamihaja, M.; Läng, É.; Steyer, J. -S. B. (2012). "First procolophonid (Reptilia, Parareptilia) from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 11 (5): 357–369. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2012.04.001.