Claudiosaurus

Claudiosaurus
Temporal range: Lopingian
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Specimen of Claudiosaurus germaini, on display at the Redpath Museum, Montreal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Neodiapsida
Family: †Claudiosauridae
Carroll 1981
Genus: †Claudiosaurus
Carroll 1981
Type species
†Claudiosaurus germaini

Claudiosaurus (after the discoverer Claude Germain and saurus, 'lizard') is an extinct genus of diapsid reptiles from the Late Permian Lower Sakamena Formation of the Morondava Basin, Madagascar. It has been suggested to be semi-aquatic.