Chigutisauridae

Summary

Chigutisauridae is an extinct family of large temnospondyl amphibians. The only genera recognized as belonging to Chigutisauridae at the current time are all from Gondwana. Chigutisaurids first appeared during the Early Triassic in Australia.[1] During the Late Triassic they became widely distributed in Gondwana, with fossils found in South Africa, India and South America.[2] Koolasuchus from the Early Cretaceous of Australia represents the youngest known temnospondyl.[3][1]

Chigutisauridae
Temporal range: Late Triassic–Lower Cretaceous
Pelorocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Superfamily: Brachyopoidea
Family: Chigutisauridae
Rusconi, 1951
Arenaerpeton supinatus (specimen AM F125866) from the Sydney Basin

List of genera edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Hart, Lachlan J.; Gee, Bryan M.; Smith, Patrick M.; McCurry, Matthew R. (2023-08-03). "A new chigutisaurid (Brachyopoidea, Temnospondyli) with soft tissue preservation from the Triassic Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2232829. ISSN 0272-4634.
  2. ^ DIAS-da-SILVA, Sérgio; Sengupta, Dhurjati P.; Cabreira, Sérgio F.; Da Silva, Lúcio R. (January 2012). "The presence of Compsocerops (Brachyopoidea: Chigutisauridae) (Late Triassic) in southern Brazil with comments on chigutisaurid palaeobiogeography: INDIAN CHIGUTISAURID GENUS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL". Palaeontology. 55 (1): 163–172. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01120.x.
  3. ^ Warren, Anne; Rich, Thomas H.; Vickers-Rich, Patricia (1997). "The last last labyrinthodonts?". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 47 (1–4). doi:10.1127/pala/247/1997/1.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Further reading edit

  • Sengupta, D.P. (1995). "Chigutisaurid temnspondyls from the Late Triassic of India and a review of the family Chigutisauridae" (PDF). Palaeontology: 19-59. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011.
  • Sengupta, D.P. 2003. Triassic temnospondyls of the Pranhita-Godavari Basin, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 21: 655-662.

External links edit

  • "Chigutisauridae". Palaeos.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008.