Koskinonodon

Koskinonodon
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 228–216 Ma
Koskinonodon skeleton at the AMNH
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Family: †Metoposauridae
Genus: †Koskinonodon
Branson and Mehl, 1929
Species
  • †K. perfectus (Case, 1922 [originally Buettneria perfecta])(type)
  • †K. bakeri (Case, 1931 [originally Metoposaurus bakeri])

Koskinonodon is an extinct genus of large temnospondyl amphibian, formerly named Buettneria (a name already given earlier to a katydid insect (in subfamily Phaneropterinae)).[1] It may have reached up to 3 m (10 ft) in length, with a 65-cm-long skull.[2] It was very common during the Late Triassic (Carnian age) in what is now the American Southwest.

References

  1. ↑ Mueller, B.D. (2007). "Koskinonodon Branson and Mehl, 1929, a replacement name for the preoccupied temnospondyl Buettneria Case, 1922". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (1): 225. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[225:KBAMAR]2.0.CO;2.
  2. ↑ http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/temnospondyli/metoposauroidea.html


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