Koolasuchus
Extinct genus of amphibians / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Koolasuchus is an extinct genus of brachyopoid temnospondyl in the family Chigutisauridae. Fossils have been found from Victoria, Australia and date back 125-120 million years ago to Barremian-Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Koolasuchus is the youngest known temnospondyl. It is known from several fragments of the skull and other bones such as vertebrae, ribs, and pectoral elements. The type species Koolasuchus cleelandi was named in 1997. K. cleelandi was adopted as the fossil emblem for the state of Victoria, Australia on 13 January 2022.[1]
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Koolasuchus | |
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Holotype mandibles | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Chigutisauridae |
Genus: | †Koolasuchus Warren et al., 1997 |
Type species | |
†Koolasuchus cleelandi Warren et al., 1997 |
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