Biology:Vanastega
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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: | †Brachyopidae |
| Genus: | †Vanastega Damiani and Kitching, 2003[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Vanastega plurimidens Damiani and Kitching, 2003[1]
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Vanastega is an extinct genus of Triassic temnospondyl amphibian in the family Brachyopidae. It is known from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone in Burgersdorp, South Africa.[1][2] The genus contains just one species, Vanastega plurimidens, the type species.[2]
See also
- List of prehistoric amphibians
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Damiani, Ross J.; Kitching, James W. (2003). "A new brachyopid temnospondyl from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, upper Beaufort Group, South Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (1): 67–78. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[67:ANBTFT2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "†Vanastega Damiani and Kitching 2003". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=167337.
Wikidata ☰ Q7913977 entry
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