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Capitosauria is an
extinct group of
large temnospondyl amphibians with
simplified stereospondyl vertebrae.
Mainly living as
piscivores in
lakes and rivers...
- Tri****ic of Europe. It
belongs to a Tri****ic
group of
temnospondyls called Capitosauria,
characterized by
their large body size and
presumably aquatic lifestyles...
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placed in
either Capitosauria or Trematosauria, and
included groups like Lydekkerinidae,
Rhytidosteidae and Brachyopoidea.
While Capitosauria and Trematosauria...
- genera. However,
Rainer Schoch had
suggested in his 2008
revision of the
Capitosauria that C.
arenaceus may be a
valid taxon,
likely closely related to Cyclotosaurus...
- non-brachyopoid
Rhaetian temnospondyl, and the last
known record of
Capitosauria. The
phylogeny of
Capitosauroidea according to
Witzmann et al. (2016)...
- †Capulomala †Peltobatrachus? †Lapillopsidae? †Rhinesuchidae †Superstes
Eltink et al. 2019 †Lydekkerinidae †Neostereospondyli †
Capitosauria †Trematosauria...
- that form a
ridge along its back.
Sclerothorax is a
basal member of
Capitosauria, a
large clade of
temnospondyls that
lived throughout the Tri****ic. Among...
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extinction event, the
other (according to
Yates and
Warren 2000)
being the
Capitosauria. The
trematosaurs were a
diverse and
important group that
included many...
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extinction event (the
other two
being the
Brachyopoidea and
possibly the
Capitosauria).
Below is a
cladogram modified from
Schoch (2011): Maisch, M.W.; Matzke...
- Phylum:
Chordata Order: †Temnospondyli Suborder: †Stereospondyli Clade: †
Capitosauria Family: †Mastodonsauridae Genus: †Abiadisaurus
Warren et al., 1998 Type...
