Biology:Compsocerops

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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians

Compsocerops
Temporal range: Carnian-Norian
~235–206 Ma
Compsocerops cosgriffi.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Chigutisauridae
Genus: Compsocerops
Sengupta, 1995
Species:
C. cosgriffi
Binomial name
Compsocerops cosgriffi
Sengupta, 1995
Other species
  • C. tikiensis Chakravorti & Sengupta, 2023

Compsocerops is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibians recovered from the Late Triassic Upper Maleri and Tiki Formations of India ,[1] and the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil .[2]

Compsocerops cosgriffi

References

  1. D. P. Sengupta. 1995. Chigutisaurid temnospondyls from the Late Triassic of India and a review of the Family Chigutisauridae. Palaeontology 38(2):313-339
  2. Dias-da-Silva, Sérgio, et al. 2011. The presence of Compsocerops (Brachyopoidea: Chigutisauridae) (Late Triassic) in southern Brazil with comments on chigutisaurid palaeobiogeography. Palaeontology 55(1):163-172

Wikidata ☰ Q3754171 entry