Siderops

Siderops is an extinct genus of chigutisaurid temnospondyl from Early Jurassic of Australia, containing the species S. kehli. It is solely known from the holotype specimen, which consists of a nearly complete skull with mandible and postcrania were found within the Westgrove Ironstone Member of the Evergreen Formation of the Surat Basin in Queensland. dating to the late Toarcian at approximately 176.6 ma.[1] Siderops was large, with a skull up to 50 cm long and a total length of 2.5 m.[2]

Siderops
Temporal range: Late Toarcian
~176.6 Ma
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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

References
  1. Todd, Christopher N.; Roberts, Eric M.; Knutsen, Espen M.; Rozefelds, Andrew C.; Huang, Hui-Qing; Spandler, Carl (December 2019). "Refined age and geological context of two of Australia's most important Jurassic vertebrate taxa (Rhoetosaurus brownei and Siderops kehli), Queensland". Gondwana Research. 76: 19–25. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2019.05.008.
  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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