Mahavisaurus

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Mahavisaurus
Temporal range: Early Triassic, Induan
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Rhytidosteidae
Genus: Mahavisaurus
Lehman, 1966
Species
  • M. dentatus Lehman, 1966 (type)

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[]

  1. ^ Lehman, J. P. (1966). "Nouveaux Stégocéphales de Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés). 52: 117–147.


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