- from
Fortuny et al. (2011)
showing the
phylogenetic relationships of
capitosaurs: "Capitosauria". Palaeos.
Retrieved 18 June 2014. Konietzko-Meier, Dorota;...
- certainly) Rhaetian,
while a
capitosaur humerus was
found in Rhaetian-age
deposits in 2018. Therefore,
plagiosaurids and
capitosaurs were
likely victims of...
- trematosaurs)
flourished briefly in the
Early Tri****ic,
while others (e.g.
capitosaurs)
remained successful throughout the
whole period, or only came to prominence...
- flexibility.
Later semiaquatic temnospondyls, such as
trematosaurs and
capitosaurs, have no
evidence of scales. They may have lost
scales to make movement...
- of the
relict dissorophoid Micropholis stowi and
remains of
immature capitosaurs representing some of the
smallest known members of the group. Evidence...
- have
exceeded 6
meters (20 feet) in length. Like
those of many
other capitosaurs, the head of
Mastodonsaurus was triangular,
reaching about 1.5 metres...
-
include several temnospondyl groups distinct from the "higher"
group of
capitosaurs,
including lydekkerinids, brachyopoids, and rhytidosteids. Rhytidosteans...
- and
Odenwaldia formed a
basal clade of
capitosaurs more
derived than Wetlugasaurus, the most
basal capitosaur.
Below is a
modified cladogram from Fortuny...
-
Nibedita (2019-06-28). "New
biological insights into the
Middle Tri****ic
capitosaurs from
India as
deduced from limb bone
anatomy and histology".
Papers in...
- The wet,
freshwater environment supported temnospondyl amphibians (a
capitosaur and
smaller plagiosaurid) as well as an
abundance of fish
including lungfish...
