Edingerella

Edingerella; Temporal range: Early Triassic
	Skulls
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Clade:	†Capitosauria
Genus:	†Edingerella; Schoch and Milner, 2000
Type species
	†Edingerella madagascariensis; (Lehman, 1961 [originally Benthosuchus madagascariensis])

Restoration

Edingerella is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of Madagascar. It is a basal capitosaur closely related to Watsonisuchus.^[3]

Phylogeny[]

Below is a cladogram from Fortuny et al. (2011):^[4]

Stereospondyli

Lydekkerina huxleyi

Rhinesuchidae

	Rhineceps nyasaensis

	Uranocentrodon senekalensis

Capitosauria

Wetlugasaurus angustifrons

	Odenwaldia heidelbergensis

	Vladlenosaurus alexeyevi

	Edingerella madagascariensis

	Watsonisuchus spp.

Xenotosuchus africanus

Cherninia denwai

Paracyclotosaurus crookshanki

	Stanocephalosaurus pronus

	Stanocephalosaurus birdi

Procyclotosaurus stantonensis

	Eocyclotosaurus spp.

	Quasicyclotosaurus campi

Parotosuchus orenburgensis

Calmasuchus acri

	Cyclotosaurus robustus

	Tatrasuchus wildi

	Eryosuchus garjainovi

	Mastodonsaurus giganteus

Trematosauria

Benthosuchus sushkini

Trematosauroidea

Thoosuchus yakovlevi

	Angusaurus spp.

	Trematosaurus brauni

References[]

^ Schoch, R. R.; Milner, A. R. (2000). "Stereospondyli". In Wellnhofer, P. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie [Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology]. Vol. 3B. München: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfiel. pp. 1–203.
^ Lehman, J. P. (1961). "Les Stégocephales de Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie. 47: 42–46.
^ Maganuco, S.; Steyer, J.S.; Pasini, G.; Boulay, M.; Lorrain, S.; Bénéteau, A.; Auditore, M. (2009). "An exquisite specimen of Edingerella madagascariensis (Temnospondyli) from the Lower Triassic of NW Madagascar; cranial anatomy, phylogeny, and restorations". Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturalie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 36 (2): 1–72.
^ Fortuny, J.; Galobart, À.; Santisteban, C. D. (2011). "A New Capitosaur from the Middle Triassic of Spain and the Relationships within the Capitosauria". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (3): 553. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0025.

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[1] Schoch, R. R.; Milner, A. R. (2000). "Stereospondyli". In Wellnhofer, P. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie [Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology]. Vol. 3B. München: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfiel. pp. 1–203.

[2] Lehman, J. P. (1961). "Les Stégocephales de Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie. 47: 42–46.

[Metal09-3] Maganuco, S.; Steyer, J.S.; Pasini, G.; Boulay, M.; Lorrain, S.; Bénéteau, A.; Auditore, M. (2009). "An exquisite specimen of Edingerella madagascariensis (Temnospondyli) from the Lower Triassic of NW Madagascar; cranial anatomy, phylogeny, and restorations". Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturalie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 36 (2): 1–72.

[FGS11-4] Fortuny, J.; Galobart, À.; Santisteban, C. D. (2011). "A New Capitosaur from the Middle Triassic of Spain and the Relationships within the Capitosauria". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (3): 553. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0025.

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