Tupilakosaurus

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Tupilakosaurus Temporal range: Induan, 252.3–251.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Dvinosauria
Family:	†Tupilakosauridae
Genus:	†Tupilakosaurus Nielsen, 1954
Type species
†Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen, 1954

Tupilakosaurus is an extinct genus of dvinosaurian temnospondyl within the family Tupilakosauridae.^[1]

Two species are known:^[1]

Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen, 1954 — Wordie Creek Formation, Greenland^[2]^[3]
Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis Shishkin, 1961 — Vokhma and Kopanskaya Formation, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

References

^ ^a ^b "†Tupilakosaurus Nielsen 1954". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ Nielsen, Eigil (1954). "Tupilakosaurus heilmani n. g. et n. sp. an interesting batrachomorph from the Triassic of East Greenland". Meddelelser om Grønland. 722 (8): 1–33.
^ Nielsen, Eigil (1967). "New observations on the skull-roof of the holotype of Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen". Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology). 47 (311): 225–229. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1967.tb01405.x.

see Tetrapodomorpha
Temnospondyli	see below↓

Temnospondyli

Temnospondyli

Edops
Cochleosauridae	Adamanterpeton Cochleosaurus Chenoprosopus Macrerpeton Nigerpeton? Procochleosaurus Saharastega?

Acroplous Bermanerpeton Dvinosaurus Erpetosaurus Isodectes Kourerpeton Perryella? Timonya Trypanognathus
Trimerorhachidae	Eugyrinus? Lafonius Nannospondylus Neldasaurus Procuhy Trimerorhachis
Tupilakosauridae	Batrachosuchoides? Slaugenhopia Thabanchuia Tupilakosaurus

Melosaurinae	Koinia Konzhukovia Melosaurus Tryphosuchus Uralosuchus
Platyoposaurinae	Archegosaurus Bageherpeton Bashkirosaurus Collidosuchus Kashmirosaurus Platyoposaurus Prionosuchus