Edingerella
Temporal range: Early Triassic
Skulls
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Clade: †Capitosauria
Genus: †Edingerella
Schoch and Milner, 2000[1]
Type species
†Edingerella madagascariensis
(Lehman, 1961 [originally Benthosuchus madagascariensis])[2]
Restoration

Edingerella is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of Madagascar. It is a basal capitosaur closely related to Watsonisuchus.[3]

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Fortuny et al. (2011):[4]

Stereospondyli

Lydekkerina huxleyi

Rhinesuchidae

Rhineceps nyasaensis

Uranocentrodon senekalensis

Capitosauria

Wetlugasaurus angustifrons

Odenwaldia heidelbergensis

Vladlenosaurus alexeyevi

Edingerella madagascariensis

Watsonisuchus spp.

Xenotosuchus africanus

Cherninia denwai

Paracyclotosaurus crookshanki

Stanocephalosaurus pronus

Stanocephalosaurus birdi

Procyclotosaurus stantonensis

Eocyclotosaurus spp.

Quasicyclotosaurus campi

Parotosuchus orenburgensis

Calmasuchus acri

Cyclotosaurus robustus

Tatrasuchus wildi

Eryosuchus garjainovi

Mastodonsaurus giganteus

Trematosauria

Benthosuchus sushkini

Trematosauroidea

Thoosuchus yakovlevi

Angusaurus spp.

Trematosaurus brauni

References

  1. ^ Schoch, R. R.; Milner, A. R. (2000). "Stereospondyli". In Wellnhofer, P. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie [Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology]. Vol. 3B. München: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfiel. pp. 1–203.
  2. ^ Lehman, J. P. (1961). "Les Stégocephales de Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie. 47: 42–46.
  3. ^ Maganuco, S.; Steyer, J.S.; Pasini, G.; Boulay, M.; Lorrain, S.; Bénéteau, A.; Auditore, M. (2009). "An exquisite specimen of Edingerella madagascariensis (Temnospondyli) from the Lower Triassic of NW Madagascar; cranial anatomy, phylogeny, and restorations". Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturalie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 36 (2): 1–72.
  4. ^ Fortuny, J.; Galobart, À.; Santisteban, C. D. (2011). "A New Capitosaur from the Middle Triassic of Spain and the Relationships within the Capitosauria". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (3): 553. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0025.


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