Edingerella

Edingerella is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of Madagascar. It is a basal capitosaur closely related to Watsonisuchus.^[3]

Edingerella Temporal range: Early Triassic
Skulls
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Tetrapoda
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Clade:	†Capitosauria
Genus:	†Edingerella Schoch and Milner, 2000[1]
Type species
†Edingerella madagascariensis (Lehman, 1961 [originally Benthosuchus madagascariensis])[2]

Restoration

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Fortuny et al. (2011):^[4]

Stereospondyli

Lydekkerina huxleyi Rhinesuchidae Rhineceps nyasaensis Uranocentrodon senekalensis Capitosauria Wetlugasaurus angustifrons Odenwaldia heidelbergensis Vladlenosaurus alexeyevi Edingerella madagascariensis Watsonisuchus Xenotosuchus africanus Cherninia denwai Paracyclotosaurus crookshanki Stanocephalosaurus pronus Stanocephalosaurus birdi Procyclotosaurus stantonensis Eocyclotosaurus spp. Quasicyclotosaurus campi Parotosuchus orenburgensis Calmasuchus acri Cyclotosaurus robustus Tatrasuchus wildi Eryosuchus garjainovi Mastodonsaurus giganteus Trematosauria Benthosuchus sushkini Trematosauroidea Thoosuchus yakovlevi Angusaurus spp. Trematosaurus brauni