Mahavisaurus
Extinct genus of amphibians
Mahavisaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic, Induan PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Rhytidosteidae |
Genus: | †Mahavisaurus Lehman, 1966 |
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Mahavisaurus is an extinct genus of rhytidosteid temnospondyl from the early Triassic period (Induan stage) of Iraro, Madagascar. It is known from the holotype MNHN MAE 3037, a nearly complete skull, recovered from the Middle Sakamena Formation. This genus was named by J. P. Lehman in 1966, and the type species is Mahavisaurus dentatus.[1]
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References
- ^ Lehman, J. P. (1966). "Nouveaux Stégocéphales de Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés). 52: 117–147.
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- See also: Trematosauroidea
- Metoposauroidea
- Rhytidosteoidea
- Brachyopomorpha
- Brachyopoidea
- Plagiosauroidea
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