Bolosaurus

Bolosaurus; Temporal range: Early Permian,
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	†Parareptilia
Order:	†Procolophonomorpha
Family:	†Bolosauridae
Genus:	†Bolosaurus; Cope, 1878
Species
	†B. striatus Cope, 1878 (type); †B. major Broom, 1913; †B. traati Tatarinov, 1974; †B. grandis Reisz et al., 2002;

Bolosaurus (from Ancient Greek bolos, "lump" + sauros: lizard]) is an extinct genus of bolosaurid ankyramorph parareptile from the Cisuralian epoch (middle Sakmarian to early Kungurian stages) of North Asia and North America (Red Beds of Texas and Oklahoma).

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