Biology:Cosgriffius
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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Trematosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Lonchorhynchinae |
| Genus: | †Cosgriffius Welles, 1993 |
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Cosgriffius is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trematosauridae.[1][2][3] It was described in 1993 by Samuel P. Welles based on a single partial skull from the well-known Meteor Crater Quarry (Early Triassic Moenkopi Formation) in Arizona that also produced more abundant remains of the capitosaur Wellesaurus peabodyi.[4] The skull was long and slender, features typically associated with the trematosaurid subfamily Lonchorhynchinae. This is the only trematosaurid known from western North America.
See also
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians
References
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Cosgriffius". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=165270.
- ↑ Fortuny, Josep; Gastou, Stéphanie; Escuillié, François; Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana; J.-Sébastien Steyer (2017-06-29) (in en). A new extreme longirostrine temnospondyl from the Triassic of Madagascar: phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical implications for trematosaurids. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5155366.v1. https://figshare.com/articles/A_new_extreme_longirostrine_temnospondyl_from_the_Triassic_of_Madagascar_phylogenetic_and_palaeobiogeographical_implications_for_trematosaurids/5155366.
- ↑ "blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/trematosauroid-temnospondyls/". https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/trematosauroid-temnospondyls/.
- ↑ Welles, Samuel P. (1993). "A review of lonchorhynchine trematosaurs (Labryrinthodontia), and a description of a new genus and species from the lower Moenkopi Formation of Arizona". PaleoBios 14: 1–24.
Wikidata ☰ Q5173894 entry
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