Luzocephalus

Luzocephalus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl from the Early Triassic of Russia (Vetluga Series, Kasnyye Baki horizon) and Greenland (Wordie Creek Formation). It is usually regarded as a member of the family Lydekkerinidae, although it has also been placed in the family Trematosauridae.^[1][2]

Luzocephalus Temporal range: Early Triassic
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Family:	†Lydekkerinidae (?)
Genus:	†Luzocephalus Säve-Söderbergh, 1935
Species
L. blomi Shishkin, 1980 L. johannsoni Säve-Söderbergh, 1935 L. kochi Säve-Söderbergh, 1935

Phylogeny

Luzocephalus in a cladogram after Novikov (2018) with only Early Triassic Eastern Europe taxa included:^[3]

Temnospondyli Luzocephalus Capitosauridae Samarabatrachus Parotosuchus Poryolosuchus Selenocara Wetlugasaurus Vladlenosaurus Quantas Syrtosuchus Benthosuchus Yarengiidae Vyborosaurus Yarengia Trematosauridae Prothoosuchus Thoosuchus Trematotegmen Angusaurus Inflectosaurus Trematosaurus

Lydekkerinidae Qantasidae Benthosuchidae

References

1. Damiani, R.J.; Yates, A.M. (2003). "The Triassic amphibian Thoosuchus yakovlevi and the relationships of the Trematosauroidea (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 55 (3): 331–342. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1388.
2. Dias-Da-Silva, S. R.; Marsicano, C. (2011). "Phylogenetic reappraisal of Rhytidosteidae (Stereospondyli: Trematosauria), temnospondyl amphibians from the Permian and Triassic". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 9 (2): 305. Bibcode:2011JSPal...9..305D. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.492664. hdl:11336/68471. S2CID 84569779.
3. Novikov A.V. (2018). Early Triassic amphibians of Eastern Europe: evolution of dominant groups and peculiarities of changing communities (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: RAS. p. 138. ISBN 978-5-906906-71-7. "Archive copy" (PDF). December 8, 2023.

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