Capitosaurus

Capitosaurus
Temporal range: Upper Triassic
Capitosaurus polaris skull
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Capitosaurus

Münster, 1836
Binomial name
Capitosaurus polaris
Wiman, 1914

Capitosaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl whose remains have been found in Spitsbergen and Germany. Its skull was 30 cm long, with a total length over 122 cm.[1] Several species have been assigned to the genus over the years, but only C. polaris is still valid today.[2]

Restoration of C. polaris

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "GBIF Backbone Taxonomy". doi:10.15468/39omei. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)