Moradisaurus is an extinct genus of large captorhinid tetrapods, with a single species Moradisaurus grandis,P. Taquet. (1969). Première découverte en Afrique d'un Reptile Captorhinomorphe (Cotylosaurien). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D 268:779-781 known from the late Permian (Lopingian) aged Moradi Formation of Niger. It is the largest captorhinid known, estimated to have reached a snout-vent length of over two metres. Similar to other members of Moradisaurinae, it possessed multiple tooth rows, which is associated with a high-fiber herbivorous diet.
The holotype is MNHN MRD1, a skull that was discovered during the late 1960s.
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