Wetlugasaurus
Wetlugasaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Family: | †Capitosauridae |
Genus: | †Wetlugasaurus Riabinin, 1930 |
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Wetlugasaurus (meaning "Vetluga River lizard")[1] is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic (Olenekian) , , , and of northern Russia and Greenland.[2] It had a 22 centimetres (8.7 in) long skull, and reached a total length of 1 metre (3 ft 3 in).[citation needed]
References[]
Further reading[]
- The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin. p. 35-59.
- Bibliography Of Fossil Vertebrates 1934-1938 by C. I. Camp
Categories:
- Capitosaurs
- Prehistoric amphibian genera
- Triassic temnospondyls of Europe
- Olenekian life
- Fossils of Russia
- Fossil taxa described in 1930
- Prehistoric amphibian stubs
- Triassic animal stubs