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Mahavisaurus
Temporal range: Early Triassic, Induan
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Skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Rhytidosteidae
Genus: Mahavisaurus
Lehman, 1966
Species
  • M. dentatus Lehman, 1966 ( type)

Mahavisaurus is an extinct genus of rhytidosteid temnospondyl from the early Triassic period ( Induan stage) of Iraro, Madagascar. It is known from the holotype MNHN MAE 3037, a nearly complete skull, recovered from the Middle Sakamena Formation. This genus was named by J. P. Lehman in 1966, and the type species is Mahavisaurus dentatus. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lehman, J. P. (1966). "Nouveaux Stégocéphales de Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés). 52: 117–147.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mahavisaurus
Temporal range: Early Triassic, Induan
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
N
Skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Rhytidosteidae
Genus: Mahavisaurus
Lehman, 1966
Species
  • M. dentatus Lehman, 1966 ( type)

Mahavisaurus is an extinct genus of rhytidosteid temnospondyl from the early Triassic period ( Induan stage) of Iraro, Madagascar. It is known from the holotype MNHN MAE 3037, a nearly complete skull, recovered from the Middle Sakamena Formation. This genus was named by J. P. Lehman in 1966, and the type species is Mahavisaurus dentatus. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lehman, J. P. (1966). "Nouveaux Stégocéphales de Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés). 52: 117–147.



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