| Mormosaurus Temporal range: Permian |
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| Illustration of Mormosaurus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Amniota |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Superclass: | Tetrapoda |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Dinocephalia |
| Family: | Tapinocephalidae |
| Genus: | Mormosaurus Watson, 1914 |
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Mormosaurus ("Bogeyman Lizard" or "Mormo's Lizard") is an extinct genus of Tapinocephalidae. It was first named by Watson in 1914, and contains one species, M. Seeleyi. Mormosaurus had a long skull.