Compsocerops
Temporal range: Carnian-Norian
~235–206 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Family: †Chigutisauridae
Genus: †Compsocerops
Sengupta, 1995
Species:
†C. cosgriffi
Binomial name
†Compsocerops cosgriffi
Sengupta, 1995
Other species
  • †C. tikiensis Chakravorti & Sengupta, 2023

Compsocerops is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibians recovered from the Late Triassic Upper Maleri and Tiki Formations of India,[1] and the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.[2]

Compsocerops cosgriffi

References

  1. ^ D. P. Sengupta. 1995. Chigutisaurid temnospondyls from the Late Triassic of India and a review of the Family Chigutisauridae. Palaeontology 38(2):313-339
  2. ^ Dias-da-Silva, Sérgio, et al. 2011. The presence of Compsocerops (Brachyopoidea: Chigutisauridae) (Late Triassic) in southern Brazil with comments on chigutisaurid palaeobiogeography. Palaeontology 55(1):163-172


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