Uranocentrodon

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Uranocentrodon Temporal range: Early Triassic

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Temnospondyli
Family:	Rhinesuchidae
Genus:	Uranocentrodon

Uranocentrodon is an extinct genus of the family Rhinesuchidae. It is known from a 50 cm skull. Uranocentrodon was a large predator with a length up to 3.75 meters (12 ft).^[1]

Uranocentrodon senekalensis

v t e Major groups of stereospondyls

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Temnospondyli (unranked): Limnarchia (unranked): Stereospondylomorpha

Lapillopsidae	Lapillopsis Rotaurisaurus Manubrantlia

Lydekkerinidae	Broomulus Chomatobatrachus Cryobatrachus Deltacephalus Eolydekkerina Indobenthosuchus Limnoiketes ?Luzocephalus Lydekkerina Putterillia

Rhinesuchidae	Broomistega Laccosaurus Muchocephalus Rhineceps Rhinesuchoides Rhinesuchus Uranocentrodon

Peltobatrachidae	Peltobatrachus

Mastodonsauroidea	Heylerosauridae Mastodonsauridae Sclerothoracidae Stenotosauridae

Trematosauria	Brachyopomorpha Metoposauroidea Plagiosauroidea Rhytidosteoidea Trematosauroidea

Other stereospondyls	Arachana

Related categories	Temnospondyls Permian amphibians Triassic amphibians Jurassic amphibians Cretaceous amphibians

References

↑ http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/temnospondyli/stereospondyli.html

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