Fossil of Claudiosaurus germaini, an extinct genus of reptile that lived during the Permian period, about 260 to 280 million years ago. It is supposed to have lived mainly in marine waters, in a way much similar to the modern marine iguana. This specimen, from the Sankamena Formation near Ranohira, Madagascar, has fossilized in a curled up and fragmented manner, an indication of it having perished on account of a calamitous event. However, all parts of the animal, including the skull, limbs, spine and tail are well preserved. Stretched out its length would come close to one meter.