Lysorophia
| Lysorophia Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | †Recumbirostra |
| Clade: | †Chthonosauria |
| Order: | †Lysorophia Romer, 1930 |
| Family: | †Molgophidae Cope, 1875 |
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Lysorophia is an order of fossorial Carboniferous and Permian tetrapods within the Recumbirostra. Lysorophians resembled small snakes, as their bodies are extremely elongate. There is a single family, the Molgophidae (previously known as Lysorophidae). Currently there are around five genera included within Lysorophia, although many may not be valid.