page_title: Bolosaurus
section_title: Description and paleobiology
hierarchical_section_title: Bolosaurus / Description and paleobiology
caption_attribution_description: English: jaw and teeth
context_page_description: Bolosaurus is an extinct genus of bolosaurid ankyramorph parareptile from the Cisuralian epoch of North Asia and North America.
context_section_description: Skull:
  The skulls of Bolosaurus are basically triangular in form. The skull is wider and higher in posterior region while the anterior snout terminates bluntly. The orbits are large and circular in outline.
  Teeth:
  Tooth planted in shallow cavity with its crowns expanded transversely to the jaw axis. In the upper jaw the posterior internal half of the maxillary series is low and horizontal, forming a ledge. The anterior external part forms into a cusp. The teeth of the lower jaw is different from those of the upper jaw via reversed position of ledge and cusp. This pattern suggests that Bolosaurus was herbivorous in diet. (Cope, 1878) The best preserved specimen showed total of 16 teeth. (Case 1907)
caption: jaw and teeth
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