Wetlugasaurus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wetlugasaurus
Temporal range: Early Triassic
Wetlugasaurus BW.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Family: Capitosauridae
Genus: Wetlugasaurus
Riabinin, 1930
Species
  • W. angustifrons Riabinin, 1930 (type)
  • W. malachovi Novikov, 1990

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


Retrieved from ""