Bolosaurus

Bolosaurus
Temporal range: Early Permian,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: †Parareptilia
Order: †Procolophonomorpha
Family: †Bolosauridae
Genus: †Bolosaurus
Cope, 1878
Species
  • †B. striatus Cope, 1878 (type)
  • †B. major Broom, 1913
  • †B. traati Tatarinov, 1974
  • †B. grandis Reisz et al., 2002

Bolosaurus (from Ancient Greek bolos, "lump" + sauros: lizard]) is an extinct genus of bolosaurid reptile from the Cisuralian epoch (middle Sakmarian to early Kungurian stages) of North Asia and North America (Red Beds of Texas and Oklahoma).

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