Siderops
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Siderops Temporal range: Early Jurassic,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 |
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†Siderops Warren and Hutchinson, 1983 |
| Species: | †S. kehli |
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Siderops kehli Warren and Hutchinson, 1983 |
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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.
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