Luzocephalus

Luzocephalus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl from the Early Triassic of Russia (Vetluga Series, Kasnyye Baki horizon) and Greenland (Wordie Creek Formation). It is usually regarded as a member of the family Lydekkerinidae, although it has also been placed in the family Trematosauridae.^[1][2]

Luzocephalus Temporal range: Early Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Tetrapoda
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Family:	†Lydekkerinidae (?)
Genus:	†Luzocephalus Säve-Söderbergh, 1935
Species
L. blomi Shishkin, 1980 L. johannsoni Säve-Söderbergh, 1935 L. kochi Säve-Söderbergh, 1935

Phylogeny

Luzocephalus in a cladogram after Novikov (2018) with only Early Triassic Eastern Europe taxa included:^[3]

Temnospondyli Luzocephalus Capitosauridae Samarabatrachus Parotosuchus Poryolosuchus Selenocara Wetlugasaurus Vladlenosaurus Quantas Syrtosuchus Benthosuchus Yarengiidae Vyborosaurus Yarengia Trematosauridae Prothoosuchus Thoosuchus Trematotegmen Angusaurus Inflectosaurus Trematosaurus

Lydekkerinidae Qantasidae Benthosuchidae