Edingerella
Appearance
(Redirected from Edingerella madagascariensis)
Edingerella Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Clade: | †Capitosauria |
Genus: | †Edingerella Schoch and Milner, 2000[1] |
Type species | |
†Edingerella madagascariensis (Lehman, 1961 [originally Benthosuchus madagascariensis])[2]
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Edingerella is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of Madagascar. It is a basal capitosaur closely related to Watsonisuchus.[3]
Phylogeny
[edit]Below is a cladogram from Fortuny et al. (2011):[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Schoch, R. R.; Milner, A. R. (2000). "Stereospondyli". In Wellnhofer, P. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie [Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology]. Vol. 3B. München: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfiel. pp. 1–203.
- ^ Lehman, J. P. (1961). "Les Stégocephales de Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie. 47: 42–46.
- ^ Maganuco, S.; Steyer, J.S.; Pasini, G.; Boulay, M.; Lorrain, S.; Bénéteau, A.; Auditore, M. (2009). "An exquisite specimen of Edingerella madagascariensis (Temnospondyli) from the Lower Triassic of NW Madagascar; cranial anatomy, phylogeny, and restorations". Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturalie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 36 (2): 1–72.
- ^ Fortuny, J.; Galobart, À.; Santisteban, C. D. (2011). "A New Capitosaur from the Middle Triassic of Spain and the Relationships within the Capitosauria". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (3): 553. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0025.