Luzocephalus

Luzocephalus; Temporal range: Early Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Tetrapoda
Order:	† Temnospondyli
Suborder:	† Stereospondyli
Family:	† Lydekkerinidae (?)
Genus:	† Luzocephalus ; Säve-Söderbergh, 1935
Species
	L. blomiShishkin, 1980; L. johannsoniSäve-Söderbergh, 1935; L. kochiSäve-Söderbergh, 1935;

Last updated September 27, 2025

Luzocephalus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl from the Early Triassic of Russia (Vetluga Series, Kasnyye Baki horizon) and Greenland (Wordie Creek Formation). It is usually regarded as a member of the family Lydekkerinidae, although it has also been placed in the family Trematosauridae.^[1]^[2]

Phylogeny

Luzocephalus in a cladogram after Novikov (2018) with only Early Triassic Eastern Europe taxa included:^[3]

References

↑ Damiani, R.J.; Yates, A.M. (2003). "The Triassic amphibian Thoosuchus yakovlevi and the relationships of the Trematosauroidea (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 55 (3): 331–342. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1388.
↑ Dias-Da-Silva, S. R.; Marsicano, C. (2011). "Phylogenetic reappraisal of Rhytidosteidae (Stereospondyli: Trematosauria), temnospondyl amphibians from the Permian and Triassic". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 9 (2): 305. Bibcode:2011JSPal...9..305D. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.492664. hdl: 11336/68471 . S2CID 84569779.
↑ Novikov A.V. (2018). Early Triassic amphibians of Eastern Europe: evolution of dominant groups and peculiarities of changing communities (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: RAS. p. 138. ISBN 978-5-906906-71-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) "Archive copy" (PDF). December 8, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[DY03-1] Damiani, R.J.; Yates, A.M. (2003). "The Triassic amphibian Thoosuchus yakovlevi and the relationships of the Trematosauroidea (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 55 (3): 331–342. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1388.

[DSM11-2] Dias-Da-Silva, S. R.; Marsicano, C. (2011). "Phylogenetic reappraisal of Rhytidosteidae (Stereospondyli: Trematosauria), temnospondyl amphibians from the Permian and Triassic". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 9 (2): 305. Bibcode:2011JSPal...9..305D. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.492664. hdl: 11336/68471 . S2CID 84569779.

[Novikov2018-3] Novikov A.V. (2018). Early Triassic amphibians of Eastern Europe: evolution of dominant groups and peculiarities of changing communities (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: RAS. p. 138. ISBN 978-5-906906-71-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) "Archive copy" (PDF). December 8, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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