Eudibamus

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Eudibamus
Fossil range: Permian
Life restoration of Eudibamus
Life restoration of Eudibamus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Captorhinida
Family: Bolosauridae
Genus: Eudibamus
Species
  • E. cursoris

Eudibamus is an extinct genus of biped bolosaurid (a reptile) from the late Permian of Germany. Eudibamus is claimed to be the first bipedal vertebrate.

[edit] Sources

  • Vertebrate Palaeontology by Michael J. Benton (pg.115)

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