Tupilakosaurus

Tupilakosaurus Temporal range: Induan, 252.3–251.3  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	† Temnospondyli
Suborder:	† Dvinosauria
Family:	† Tupilakosauridae
Genus:	† Tupilakosaurus Nielsen, 1954
Type species
†Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen, 1954

Tupilakosaurus is an extinct genus of dvinosaurian temnospondyl within the family Tupilakosauridae. ^[1]

Two species are known: ^[1]

• Tupilakosaurus heilmaniNielsen, 1954 — Wordie Creek Formation, Greenland ^{[2] [3]}
• Tupilakosaurus wetlugensisShishkin, 1961 — Vokhma and Kopanskaya Formation, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

See also

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians

References

1. "†Tupilakosaurus Nielsen 1954". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
2. Nielsen, Eigil (1954). "Tupilakosaurus heilmani n. g. et n. sp. an interesting batrachomorph from the Triassic of East Greenland". Meddelelser om Grønland. 722 (8): 1–33.
3. Nielsen, Eigil (1967). "New observations on the skull-roof of the holotype of Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen". Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology). 47 (311): 225–229. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1967.tb01405.x.