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Lydekkerinidae

Synonyms: Indobenthosuchus; Indobenthosuchus panchetensis; Lydekkerina panchetensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Lydekkerinidae is a family of stereospondyl temnospondyls that lived in the Triassic period. During the Triassic, lydekkerinids had a global distribution. They were small-bodied with wedge-shaped, roughly triangular heads. Fossils have been found in Russia, Greenland, India, South Africa, Madagascar, and Australia. The type genus is Lydekkerina, the namesake of the family and the most well-known lydekkerinid. The phylogenetic analysis of Damiani (2001) resulted in a monophyletic Lydekkerinidae, although it was only weakly supported. Below is a cladogram from that analysis:
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Genus

Chomatobatrachus (1)
Deltacephalus (1)
Eolydekkerina (1)
Luzocephalus (4)
Lydekkerina (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0