Biology:Tupilakosaurus

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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians

Tupilakosaurus
Temporal range: Induan, 252.3–251.3 Ma
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Dvinosauria
Family: Tupilakosauridae
Genus: Tupilakosaurus
Nielsen, 1954
Type species
Tupilakosaurus heilmani
Nielsen, 1954

Tupilakosaurus is an extinct genus of dvinosaurian temnospondyl within the family Tupilakosauridae.[1]

Two species are known:[1]

  • Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen, 1954 — Wordie Creek Formation, Greenland[2][3]
  • Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis Shishkin, 1961 — Vokhma and Kopanskaya Formation, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

See also

  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "†Tupilakosaurus Nielsen 1954". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=36321. 
  2. Nielsen, Eigil (1954). "Tupilakosaurus heilmani n. g. et n. sp. an interesting batrachomorph from the Triassic of East Greenland". Meddelelser om Grønland 722 (8): 1–33. 
  3. Nielsen, Eigil (1967). "New observations on the skull-roof of the holotype of Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen". Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 47 (311): 225–229. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1967.tb01405.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15122610 entry