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(Redirected from Chomatobatrachus halei) Extinct genus of temnospondyls

Chomatobatrachus
Temporal range: Early Triassic, 252.3–251.3 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Lydekkerinidae
Genus: Chomatobatrachus
Species: C. halei
Binomial name
Chomatobatrachus halei
Cosgriff, 1974

Chomatobatrachus is a genus of prehistoric temnospondyl from the Triassic.

Taxonomy

A temnospondyl species placed in a monotypic genus Chomatobatrachus and allied to the Lydekkerinidae family. The description was published in 1974 by the palaeontologist John W. Cosgriff. The type locality is Meadowbank, a site associated with the Knocklofty Formation, where a skull was discovered in Induan terrestrial mudstone.

See also

References

  1. ^ Cosgriff, J.W. (1974). "Lower Triassic Temnospondyli of Tasmania". Geological Society of America Special Papers. 149. Geological Society of America: 1–130. doi:10.1130/spe149-p1. ISBN 0-8137-2149-0.
  2. Kear, B.P.; Hamilton-Bruce, R.J. (2011). Dinosaurs in Australia: Mesozoic Life from the Southern Continent. Csiro Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 9780643102316.
  3. "Chomatobatrachus Cosgriff 1974". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Stereospondyli
Tetrapodomorpha
Temnospondyli
Stereospondyli
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Stereospondyli
Stereospondyli
Lapillopsidae
Rhinesuchidae
Lydekkerinidae
Capitosauria
Trematosauria
    • see below↓
Uranocentrodon senekalensis

Lydekkerina huxleyi

Paracyclotosaurus davidi
Trematosauria
Trematosauria
Benthosuchidae
Trematosauridae
Metoposauridae
Rhytidosteidae
Derwentiinae
Chigutisauridae
Brachyopidae
Plagiosauridae
Trematolestes hagdorni

Metoposaurus diagnosticus

Gerrothorax pulcherrimus
Taxon identifiers
Chomatobatrachus halei


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