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Meyerosuchus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
†Temnospondyli

Clade
  
†Capitosauria

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
†Stereospondyli

Family
  
†Stenotosauridae

Meyerosuchus

Similar
  
Odenwaldia, Jammerbergia, Yuanansuchus, Sclerothorax, Calmasuchus

Meyerosuchus is an extinct genus of mastodonsauroidean temnospondyl. Fossils have been found from the Early Triassic Hardegsen Formation in southern Germany. Meyerosuchus is present in late Olenekian deposits of the Middle Buntsandstein. The type species M. fuerstenberganus was named in 1966, although remains have been known since 1855. Meyerosuchus is closely related to Stenotosaurus; both genera are grouped in the family Stenotosauridae and the two genera may even be synonymous.

References

Meyerosuchus Wikipedia