Kingdom Animalia Suborder †Stereospondyli Phylum Chordata | Order †Temnospondyli Clade †Capitosauria Rank Genus | |
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Similar Stanocephalosaurus, Edingerella, Eryosuchus, Cherninia, Yuanansuchus | ||
Calmasuchus is a genus of capitosaurian temnospondyl which lived during the middle Triassic (lower-middle Anisian age). Fossils of Calmasuchus have been recovered from the La Mora site of the Catalan basin in Barcelona of Spain. Identified from a partial skull roof and palate (holotype IPS-37401 (LM-83)), skull fragments (IPS-37401 (LM-63, LM-101, L and M1)) and complete hemi-mandible (IPS-12 42407 (LM-4)), it was named by Josep Fortuny, Àngel Galobart and Carles De Santisteban in 2011. The type species is Calmasuchus acri.
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