Mahavisaurus
Mahavisaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic,
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
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 , Madagascar. It is known from the holotype MNHN MAE 3037, a nearly complete skull, recovered from the Middle . This genus was named by J. P. Lehman in 1966, and the type species is Mahavisaurus dentatus.[1]
See also[]
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians
References[]
- ^ Lehman, J. P. (1966). "Nouveaux Stégocéphales de Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés). 52: 117–147.
Categories:
- Triassic temnospondyls of Africa
- Fossil taxa described in 1966
- Early Triassic amphibians of Africa
- Prehistoric amphibian stubs