Siderops
| Siderops kehli Temporal range: Early Jurassic,[1] 189.6–175.6 Ma | |
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| Restoration of Siderops kehli | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Chigutisauridae |
| Genus: | †Siderops Warren and Hutchinson, 1983 |
| Species: | †S. kehli |
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| Siderops kehli Warren and Hutchinson, 1983 | |
Siderops is an extinct genus of chigutisaurid temnospondyl from Early Jurassic of Australia. Fossil Ramains are founded at Evergreen Formation. It was recently argued that it should be reclassified as a brachyopoid. Siderops was large, with a skull up to 50 cm long and a total length of 2.5 m.[2]
References
- J. Sébastien Steyer; Ross Damiani (2005). "A giant brachyopoid temnospondyl from the Upper Triassic or Lower Jurassic of Lesotho". Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France. 176 (3): 243–248. doi:10.2113/176.3.243.
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