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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,
large flattened skulls, and...
- non-brachyopoid
Rhaetian temnospondyl, and the last
known record of
Capitosauria. The
phylogeny of
Capitosauroidea according to
Witzmann et al. (2016)...
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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...
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Rhytidostea has
often been
considered the
sister group of the
clade Capitosauria, but has been
placed in
various other phylogenetic positions. In many...
- Phylum:
Chordata Order: †Temnospondyli Suborder: †Stereospondyli Clade: †
Capitosauria Family: †Mastodonsauridae Genus: †Abiadisaurus
Warren et al., 1998 Type...
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Actinodontidae †Family
Archegosauridae †Family
Rhinesuchidae †Suborder
Capitosauria †Suborder
Trematosauria †Family
Trematosauridae †Family Metoposauridae...
- Christian. (2016). A new
species of
Cyclotosaurus (Stereospondyli,
Capitosauria) from the Late Tri****ic of Bielefeld, NW Germany, and the intrarelationships...
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placed in
either Capitosauria or Trematosauria, and
included groups like Lydekkerinidae,
Rhytidosteidae and Brachyopoidea.
While Capitosauria and Trematosauria...
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phylogenetic analyses of
temnospondyls place Benthosuchus within a
clade called Capitosauria. However, more
recent analyses such as that of
Fortuny et al. (2011)...
