Nukusurus insuetus Nessov 1981 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae

Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1981. Amfibii i reptilii v ekosistemakh Mela sredney Azii [Amphibia and reptiles in Cretaceous ecosystems of central Asia]. The Problems of Herpetology. Fifth Herpetological Conference. Abstracts 91-92

Belongs to Nukusurus according to M. A. Shishkin 2000

See also Gardner and Averianov 1998, Gardner and Böhme 2008 and Nessov 1981

Sister taxon: Nukusurus sodalis

Type specimen: ZIN PHA K 77-4, a mandible (incomplete dentary and fragmentary angular). Its type locality is Chelpyk, which is in a Cenomanian estuary/bay horizon in the Khodzhakul Formation of Uzbekistan.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nukusurus insuetus in the database

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