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Lystrosaurus
Lystrosaurus murrayi
Era: PermianDiet: HerbivorousPeriod: Middle PermianSize: 2.4m
Lystrosaurus (; 'shovel lizard'; proper Ancient Greek is λίστρον lístron 'tool for leveling or smoothing, shovel, spade, hoe') is an extinct genus of herbivorous dicynodont therapsids from the late Permian and Early Triassic epochs (around 248 million years ago)