Edingerella

Edingerella Temporal range: Early Triassic
Skulls
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
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 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 .