Heleosaurus

Heleosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Fossils
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Family: Varanopidae
Subfamily: Mycterosaurinae
Genus: Heleosaurus
Broom, 1907
Type species
Heleosaurus scholtzi
Broom, 1907

Heleosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid from the Late Permian of South Africa. It was originally described as a diapsid reptile.

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