Compsocerops cosgriffi Sengupta 1995 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Chigutisauridae

Full reference: D. P. Sengupta. 1995. Chigutisaurid temnospondyls from the Late Triassic of India and a review of the Family Chigutisauridae. Palaeontology 38(2):313-339

Belongs to Compsocerops according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Warren and Marsicano 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ISI A 33, a skull. Its type locality is Rechni, Compsocerops holotype, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Maleri Formation of India.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rechni, Compsocerops holotype

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