Callistomordax
| Callistomordax Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | "Amphibia" (wide sense) |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Superfamily: | †Metoposauroidea |
| Genus: | †Callistomordax Schoch, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| †Callistomordax kugleri Schoch, 2008 | |
Callistomordax is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Middle Triassic of Germany. The type and only species, Callistomordax, was named in 2008. It is known from several well-preserved skeletons found in the Erfurt Formation, part of the Lower Keuper, which dates back to the late Ladinian stage.[1]
Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram from Schoch (2008):
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References
- ↑ Schoch, R. R. (2008). "A new stereospondyl from the German Middle Triassic, and the origin of the Metoposauridae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 79–11. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00363.x.
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