Eryosuchus

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Eryosuchus
Fossil range: Middle Triassic

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Family: Mastodonsauridae
Genus: Eryosuchus
Otschev, 1966
Species
  • E. tverdochlebovi Otschev, 1966 (type)
  • E. antiquus Otschev, 1966
  • E. garjainovi Otschev, 1966

Eryosuchus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Middle Triassic of northern Russia.

[edit] Sources

  • The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin. p. 35-59.
  • Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons
  • Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas