Hadrokkosaurus is an extinct genus of brachyopid temnospondyl amphibian from the Middle Triassic of the southwestern United States. It includes a single species, Hadrokkosaurus bradyi, known from the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona.[1]
Hadrokkosaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Skull of Hadrokkosaurus bradyi in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Brachyopidae |
Genus: | †Hadrokkosaurus Welles, 1957 |
Type species | |
†Hadrokkosaurus bradyi Welles, 1947 (originally Taphrognathus bradyi)
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References
edit- ^ Ruta, M.; Bolt, J. R. (2008). "The brachyopoid Hadrokkosaurus bradyi from the Early Middle Triassic of Arizona, and a phylogenetic analysis of lower jaw characters in temnospondyl amphibians". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53 (4): 579. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0403.