Tupilakosaurus

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Tupilakosaurus
Temporal range: Induan, 252.3–251.3 Ma
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Dvinosauria
Family: Tupilakosauridae
Genus: Tupilakosaurus
Nielsen, 1954
Type species
Tupilakosaurus heilmani
Nielsen, 1954

Tupilakosaurus is an extinct genus of dvinosaurian temnospondyl within the family Tupilakosauridae.[1]

Two species are known:[1]

  • Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen, 1954Wordie Creek Formation, Greenland
  • Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis Shishkin, 1961 — and , Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

See also[]

  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References[]

  1. ^ a b "†Tupilakosaurus Nielsen 1954". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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