Tupilakosaurus

Tupilakosaurus is an extinct genus of dvinosaurian temnospondyl within the family Tupilakosauridae.[1]

Tupilakosaurus
Temporal range: Early Triassic, 252.3–251.3 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Dvinosauria
Family: †Tupilakosauridae
Genus: †Tupilakosaurus
Nielsen, 1954
Type species
†Tupilakosaurus heilmani
Nielsen, 1954

Two species are known:[1]

  • Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen, 1954 — Greenland
  • Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis Shishkin, 1961 — Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

See also
  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References
  1. "†Tupilakosaurus Nielsen 1954". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 15 March 2017.


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