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Paleozoic Reptile Fossil Gallery
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Sauropsida (Reptilia)
(Kingdom, Phylum, Subphylum, Class)
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Anapsida, Captorhinida, Captorhinidae
(Subclass, Order, Family)
Captorhinus aguti - cast of skull and mounted bones Common Name: Microsaur Period: Lower Permian Location: Dolese Quarry of Oklahoma Collected by: Bill May Collection: Jo Cox Cast by: Bill May Painted by: Jo Cox Size: 86 mm long x 65 mm wide |
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Captorhinids are the earliest group of of reptiles. They appear in the late Carboniferous and live through the Permian. |
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