Compsocerops

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Compsocerops
Temporal range: Carnian-Norian
~235–206 Ma
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Compsocerops cosgriffi.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Chigutisauridae
Genus: Compsocerops
Sengupta, 1995
Species:
C. cosgriffi
Binomial name
Compsocerops cosgriffi
Sengupta, 1995

Compsocerops is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibians recovered from the Late Triassic Upper Maleri Formation of India,[1] and the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.[2]

Compsocerops cosgriffi

References[]

  1. ^ D. P. Sengupta. 1995. Chigutisaurid temnospondyls from the Late Triassic of India and a review of the Family Chigutisauridae. Palaeontology 38(2):313-339
  2. ^ Dias-da-Silva, Sérgio, et al. 2011. The presence of Compsocerops (Brachyopoidea: Chigutisauridae) (Late Triassic) in southern Brazil with comments on chigutisaurid palaeobiogeography. Palaeontology 55(1):163-172


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