Wellesaurus

Wellesaurus Temporal range: Triassic, 251.3–247.2 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Clade:	†Capitosauria
Family:	†Stenotosauridae
Genus:	†Wellesaurus Lehman, 1971
Species
†W. peabodyi (Lehman, 1971) (type)

Wellesaurus is an extinct genus of mastodonsauroid temnospondyl within the family Mastodonsauridae. They were amphibious carnivores that lived in freshwater environments.^[1]

References

↑ "†Wellesaurus Lehman 1971". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 18 December 2015.

Capitosaurians
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Temnospondyli (unranked): Limnarchia (unranked): Stereospondylomorpha Suborder: Stereospondyli
Major groups	Mastodonsauroidea Mastodonsauridae Heylerosauridae Stenotosauridae
Genera	Antarctosuchus Calmasuchus Capitosaurus Cherninia Cyclotosaurus Edingerella Eocyclotosaurus Eryosuchus Ferganobatrachus Heptasaurus Jammerbergia Kestrosaurus Mastodonsaurus Meyerosuchus Odenwaldia Paracyclotosaurus Parotosuchus Procyclotosaurus Promastodonsaurus Quasicyclotosaurus Sclerothorax Stanocephalosaurus Stenotosaurus Subcyclotosaurus Tatrasaurus Vladlenosaurus Warrenisuchus Watsonisuchus Wellesaurus Wetlugasaurus Xenotosuchus Yuanansuchus
Related categories	Temnospondyls Triassic amphibians

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