Biology:Heylerosauridae

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Short description: Extinct family of amphibians

Heylerosaurids
Temporal range: Middle - Late Triassic
Eocyclotosaurus voschmidti.JPG
Skull of Eocyclotosaurus woschmidti
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Clade: Capitosauria
Superfamily: Mastodonsauroidea
Family: Heylerosauridae
Shishkin, 1980

Heylerosauridae is a family of mastodonsauroid temnospondyls. It was first named in 1980 to include the genera Odenwaldia and Quasicyclotosaurus.[1] In addition to these genera, the family now includes Eocyclotosaurus and Yuanansuchus.[2] Recent phylogenetic analyses have not found a close relationship between Odenwaldia and other heylerosaurids and place it outside the family. Heylerosaurids are generally regarded as the sister taxon of the stenotosaurids.[3]

References

  1. Shishkin, M.A. (1980). "The Luzocephalidae, a new Triassic labyrinthodont family". Paleontological Journal 14: 88–101. 
  2. Liu, J.; Wang, Y. (2005). "The first complete mastodonsauroid skull from the Triassic of China: Yuanansuchus laticeps gen. et sp. nov.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (3): 725–728. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0725:tfcmsf2.0.co;2]. 
  3. Josep Fortuny, Àngel Galobart and Carles De Santisteban (2011). "A new capitosaur from the Middle Triassic of Spain and the relationships within the Capitosauria". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0025. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100025_acc.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5749746 entry