Chomatobatrachus Temporal range: Early Triassic, | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | † Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | † Stereospondyli |
Family: | † Lydekkerinidae |
Genus: | † Chomatobatrachus |
Species: | †C. halei |
Binomial name | |
†Chomatobatrachus halei Cosgriff, 1974 [1] | |
Chomatobatrachus is a genus of prehistoric temnospondyl from the Triassic.
A temnospondyl species placed in a monotypic genus Chomatobatrachus and allied to the Lydekkerinidae family. The description was published in 1974 by the palaeontologist John W. Cosgriff. [1] [2] The type locality is Meadowbank, a site associated with the Knocklofty Formation, where a skull was discovered in Induan terrestrial mudstone. [3]