Cosgriffius Welles 1993 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Full reference: S. P. Welles. 1993. A review of lonchorhynchine trematosaurs (Labryrinthodontia), and a description of a new genus and species from the lower Moenkopi Formation of Arizona. PaleoBios 14(3):1-24

Parent taxon: Lonchorhynchinae according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Welles 1993

Sister taxa: Aphaneramma, Denwasaurus, Erythrobatrachus, Glyptognathus, Glyptognathus fragilis, Gonioglyptus, Gonioglyptus longirostris, Panchetosaurus, Panchetosaurus panchetensis, Stoschiosaurus, Wantzosaurus

Subtaxa: Cosgriffius campi

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Meteor Crater Quarry, main bonebed (Triassic of Arizona)

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