Callistomordax Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Superfamily: | †Metoposauroidea |
Genus: |
†Callistomordax Schoch, 2008 |
Type species | |
†Callistomordax kugleri Schoch, 2008 |
Callistomordax is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Middle Triassic of Germany. The type and only species, Callistomordax, was named in 2008. It is known from several well-preserved skeletons found in the Erfurt Formation, part of the Lower Keuper, which dates back to the late Ladinian stage.
Below is a cladogram from Schoch (2008):
Callistomordax