Calmasuchus

Calmasuchus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian
Computed tomographic reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: "Amphibia" (wide sense)
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Clade: Capitosauria
Genus: Calmasuchus
Fortuny et al., 2011
Type species
Calmasuchus acri
Fortuny et al., 2011

Calmasuchus is a genus of capitosaurian temnospondyl which lived during the middle Triassic (lower-middle Anisian age). Fossils of Calmasuchus have been recovered from the La Mora site of the Catalonian basin in Barcelona of Spain.[1] Identified from a partial skull roof and palate (holotype IPS-37401 (LM-83)), skull fragments (IPS-37401 (LM-63, LM-101, L and M1)) and complete hemi-mandible (IPS-12 42407 (LM-4)), it was named by Josep Fortuny, Àngel Galobart and Carles De Santisteban in 2011. The type species is Calmasuchus acri.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Josep Fortuny, Àngel Galobart and Carles De Santisteban (2011). "A new capitosaur from the Middle Triassic of Spain and the relationships within the Capitosauria" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (3): 553–566. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0025.