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Metoposauridae
| Description | Metoposauridae is an extinct family of trematosaurian temnospondyls. The family is known from the Triassic period. Most members are large, approximately 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long and could reach 3 m long. Metoposaurids can be distinguished from the very similar mastodonsauroids by the position of their eyes, placed far forward on the snout. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metoposauridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Metoposauridae | |||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||
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| Scientific Name | Metoposauridae | |||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metoposauridae |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Apachesaurus ✝genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 43 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Calamops genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Callistomordax genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dutuitosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Koskinonodon genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metoposaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 25 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Obsolete Names
References
| Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
