Tupilakosauridae Temporal range:
Early Permian -
Early Triassic,
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Tupilakosaurus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | † Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | † Dvinosauria |
Superfamily: | † Dvinosauroidea |
Family: | †
Tupilakosauridae Kuhn, 1960 |
Genera | |
Tupilakosauridae is an extinct family of dvinosaurian temnospondyls. It contains the genera Slaugenhopia, Thabanchuia, Tupilakosaurus, and possibly Kourerpeton. [1] Tupilakosaurs are known from Texas, Greenland, Russia, and France. [1] [2] The earliest tupilakosaur, Slaugenhopia, is Early Permian in age while the latest known tupilakosaurs are Early Triassic in age. Derived tupilakosaurs possess embolomerous centra in their vertebrae, which are diplospondylous. [2] They also have a deep notch in the pterygoid bone of the palate. [1] Tupilakosaurs were aquatic, and used an undulatory mode of swimming much like that of eels. [2]
Tupilakosauridae Temporal range:
Early Permian -
Early Triassic,
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Tupilakosaurus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | † Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | † Dvinosauria |
Superfamily: | † Dvinosauroidea |
Family: | †
Tupilakosauridae Kuhn, 1960 |
Genera | |
Tupilakosauridae is an extinct family of dvinosaurian temnospondyls. It contains the genera Slaugenhopia, Thabanchuia, Tupilakosaurus, and possibly Kourerpeton. [1] Tupilakosaurs are known from Texas, Greenland, Russia, and France. [1] [2] The earliest tupilakosaur, Slaugenhopia, is Early Permian in age while the latest known tupilakosaurs are Early Triassic in age. Derived tupilakosaurs possess embolomerous centra in their vertebrae, which are diplospondylous. [2] They also have a deep notch in the pterygoid bone of the palate. [1] Tupilakosaurs were aquatic, and used an undulatory mode of swimming much like that of eels. [2]