Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Tupilakosauridae
Full reference: E. Nielsen. 1954. Tupilakosaurus helimani n. g. et n. sp. An interesting batrachomorph from the Triassic of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland udgivne ap Kommissionen for Videnskabelige Undersøgelser i Grønland 72(8):1-33
Parent taxon: Tupilakosauridae according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Carroll 1988, Schoch 2013, Sepkoski 2002 and Yates and Warren 2000
Sister taxa: Batrachosuchoides, Kourerpeton, Slaugenhopia, Thabanchuia
Subtaxa: Tupilakosaurus heilmani Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis
Type: Tupilakosaurus heilmani
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Greenland (2 collections), the Russian Federation (14)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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