Chomatobatrachus
Appearance
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Chomatobatrachus Temporal range: Early Triassic,
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Lydekkerinidae |
Genus: | †Chomatobatrachus |
Species: | †C. halei
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Binomial name | |
†Chomatobatrachus halei Cosgriff, 1974[1]
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Chomatobatrachus is a genus of prehistoric temnospondyl from the Triassic.
Taxonomy
[edit]A temnospondyl species placed in a monotypic genus Chomatobatrachus and allied to the Lydekkerinidae family. The description was published in 1974 by the palaeontologist John W. Cosgriff.[1][2] The type locality is Meadowbank, a site associated with the Knocklofty Formation, where a skull was discovered in Induan terrestrial mudstone.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Cosgriff, J.W. (1974). "Lower Triassic Temnospondyli of Tasmania". Geological Society of America Special Papers. 149. Geological Society of America: 1–130. doi:10.1130/spe149-p1. ISBN 0-8137-2149-0.
- ^ Kear, B.P.; Hamilton-Bruce, R.J. (2011). Dinosaurs in Australia: Mesozoic Life from the Southern Continent. Csiro Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 9780643102316.
- ^ "Chomatobatrachus Cosgriff 1974". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.