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MADYSAURUS
(ma-de-sor-us)
Named By: L. P. Tatarinov in 2005
Time Period: Middle Triassic
Location: Kyrgyzstan - Madygen Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Cynodontia |
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Madysaurus is an extinct genus of cynodont which existed in Kyrgyzstan. It was first named by Leonid Petrovich Tatarinov in 2005. Madysaurus is known from the Madygen Formation, a Triassic Lagerstatte that also includes well-preserved remains of insects and small reptiles like Sharovipteryx and Longisquama. Madysaurus is one of the most primitive cynodonts and is placed in its own family, Madysauridae.

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