Metoposauroidea

Metoposauroidea
Temporal range: Triassic, 237–208 Ma
Life restoration of Koskinonodon perfecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:†Temnospondyli
Suborder:†Stereospondyli
Clade:†Trematosauria
Superfamily:†Metoposauroidea
Watson, 1919

Metoposauroidea is an extinct superfamily of temnospondyls that lived from the Middle to Upper Triassic in North America, Europe and North Africa.[1] Metoposauroidea includes the families Metoposauridae and Latiscopidae.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Brusatte, S. L., Butler R. J., Mateus O., & Steyer S. J. (2015). A new species of Metoposaurus from the Late Triassic of Portugal and comments on the systematics and biogeography of metoposaurid temnospondyls. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e912988., 2015:
  2. ↑ http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Amphibia/Limnarchia/Metoposauroidea.htm Accessed 2007/12/16


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