Description
Mycterosaurus longiceps
- Mycterosaurus longiceps
- Varanopsid pelycosaur
- Lower Permian Age
- Richards Spur
- Oklahoma
- This vertebrae measures approx. 9/16″ long and will come in the 3.25″ x 4.25″ Riker Mount as Shown
Mycterosaurus longiceps is a pelycosaur from the extinct family Vananopidae, subfamily Mycterosaurinae. At the same time it is the most primitive member of its family. Like all members of Varanopidae, It most likely resembled the modern monitor lizard and similarly may have had the same type of lifestyle. However it lacked some features that its advanced relatives had. The small size of Mycterosaurus suggests that this genus was as predator of small vertebrates and possible larger invertebrates.
