Chigutisauridae Temporal range: Lower Triassic - Lower Cretaceous |
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Pelorocephalus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Superfamily: | †Brachyopoidea |
Family: |
†Chigutisauridae Rusconi, 1949 |
Chigutisauridae is an extinct family of large temnospondyl amphibians. The only genera recognized as belonging to Chigutisauridae at the current time are all from Gondwana (Australia, Argentina, India and South Africa) and include Koolasuchus and Siderops.