Siderops

Siderops
Temporal range: Early Jurassic,[1] 189.6–175.6 Ma
Restoration of Siderops kehli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:†Temnospondyli
Suborder:†Stereospondyli
Family:†Chigutisauridae
Genus:†Siderops
Warren and Hutchinson, 1983
Species: †S. kehli
Binomial name
Siderops kehli
Warren and Hutchinson, 1983

Siderops is an extinct genus of chigutisaurid temnospondyl from Early Jurassic of Australia. Fossil remains are founded at Evergreen Formation. It was recently argued that it should be reclassified as a brachyopoid. Siderops was large, with a skull up to 50 cm long and a total length of 2.5 m.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=37155
  2. ↑ http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf
  • J. Sébastien Steyer; Ross Damiani (2005). "A giant brachyopoid temnospondyl from the Upper Triassic or Lower Jurassic of Lesotho". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 176 (3): 243–248. doi:10.2113/176.3.243.


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