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Callistomordax
Extinct genus of amphibians / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Callistomordax is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Middle Triassic of Germany. The type and only species, Callistomordax kugleri, was named in 2008. It is known from several well-preserved skeletons found in the Erfurt Formation, part of the Lower Keuper, which dates back to the late Ladinian stage.[1]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Superfamily: | †Metoposauroidea |
Genus: | †Callistomordax Schoch, 2008 |
Type species | |
†Callistomordax kugleri Schoch, 2008 |
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