Labidosaurus

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Labidosaurus
Fossil range: Early Permian
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Captorhinida
Family: Captorhinidae
Genus: Labidosaurus
Species: L. hamatus

Labidosaurus is an extinct genus of anapsid reptile from the Permian period. It was about 75 cm (2 ft 6 in) long.

Labidosaurus was primitive and heavily built, resembling a lizard with a large head. It fed on insects which it killed with its sharp, conical teeth. Labidosaurus had, unlike other typical captorhinids, a single row of teeth in its jaws.