Capitosaurus

Capitosaurus; Temporal range: Upper Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Capitosaurus polaris skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Superfamily:	†Capitosauroidea
Family:	†Capitosauridae
Genus:	†Capitosaurus; Münster, 1836
Binomial name
	†Capitosaurus polaris; Wiman, 1914

Capitosaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibians whose remains have been found in Spitsbergen and Germany. Its skull was 30 cm long, with a total length over 122 cm.[1] Several species have been assigned to the genus over the years, but only the type species C. polaris is still valid today.[2]

Restoration of C. polaris

References

http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf
Capitosaurus Münster, 1836 in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-07-27.

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[1] ttp://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf

[2] Capitosaurus Münster, 1836 in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-07-27.