Uranocentrodon
Extinct genus of temnospondyls / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Uranocentrodon is an extinct genus of temnospondyls in the family Rhinesuchidae. Known from a 50 centimetres (20 in) skull, Uranocentrodon was a large predator with a length up to 3.75 metres (12.3 ft).[2] Originally named Myriodon by van Hoepen in 1911, it was transferred to a new genus on account of the name being preoccupied in 1917. It has been synonymized with Rhinesuchus, but this has not been widely supported. It was also originally considered to be of Triassic age, but more recent analysis has placed its age as just below the Permian-Triassic boundary.[3][1]
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Uranocentrodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Rhinesuchidae |
Genus: | †Uranocentrodon van Hoepen, 1917 |
Type species | |
†Uranocentrodon senekalensis (van Hoepen, 1911) | |
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