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Tupilakosauridae

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Rank
  
Family

Class
  
Amphibia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Tupilakosauridae

Similar
  
Temnospondyli, Isodectes, Dvinosaurus, Trimerorhachis

Tupilakosauridae is an extinct family of dvinosaurian temnospondyls. It contains the genera Slaugenhopia, Thabanchuia, Tupilakosaurus, and possibly Kourerpeton. Tupilakosaurs are known from Texas, Greenland, Russia, and France. The earliest tupilakosaur, Slaugenhopia, is Early Permian in age while the latest known tupilakosaurs are Early Triassic in age. Derived tupilakosaurs possess embolomerous centra in their vertebrae, which are diplospondylous. They also have a deep notch in the pterygoid bone of the palate. Tupilakosaurs were aquatic, and used an undulatory mode of swimming much like that of eels.

References

Tupilakosauridae Wikipedia


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