Pachygonia is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic Panchet Formation of India.[1] It contains a single species, P. incurvata. It may potentially be a member of the family Brachyopidae.[2][3]

Pachygonia
Temporal range: Induan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Brachyopidae
Genus: Pachygonia
Huxley, 1865
Species:
P. incurvata
Binomial name
Pachygonia incurvata
Huxley, 1865

References

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  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Pachygonia". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  2. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Saswati; Ray, Sanghamitra (2020-03-01). "Gondwana Vertebrate Faunas of India: Their Diversity and Intercontinental Relationships". Episodes Journal of International Geoscience. 43 (1): 438–460. doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2020/020028.
  3. ^ Ezcurra, Martín D.; Bandyopadhyay, Saswati; Sengupta, Dhurjati P.; Sen, Kasturi; Sennikov, Andrey G.; Sookias, Roland B.; Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Butler, Richard J. (October 2023). "A new archosauriform species from the Panchet Formation of India and the diversification of Proterosuchidae after the end-Permian mass extinction". Royal Society Open Science. 10 (10). doi:10.1098/rsos.230387. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 10598453. PMID 37885992.