Tupilakosaurus Nielsen 1954 (tetrapod)

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

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Type: Tupilakosaurus heilmani

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Greenland (2 collections), the Russian Federation (14)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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