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Rhadalognathus

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Extinct genus of amphibians

Rhadalognathus
Temporal range: Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Family: Mastodonsauridae
Genus: Rhadalognathus
Species
  • R. boweni

Rhadalognathus was a prehistoric crocodile-like amphibian that belongs to the Mastodonsauridae family. Not much is known about this creature but it lived in the Triassic period. Rhadalognathus is also the name of the genus in which the organism belongs within. Rhadalognathus was found in northern Arizona, US, by S. P. Welles in 1947. The size of the organism is unknown but its skull is about 17in long and weighs 7lbs.

References

  1. GBIF. "Rhadalognathus boweni - Checklist View". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Rhadalognathus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. "Rhadalognathus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  4. "Taxonomy Details: Rhadalognathus". arctos.database.museum. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
Stereospondyli
Tetrapodomorpha
Temnospondyli
Stereospondyli
    • see below↓
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
Rhadalognathus
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