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Wetlugasauridae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Wetlugasauridae

Taxonomy
Wetlugasauridae was named by Säve-Söderbergh (1935). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Capitosauroidea by Säve-Söderbergh (1935); and to Trematosauroidea by Schoch and Milner (2000).

Subtaxa
Sassenisaurus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Wetlugasauridae Säve-Söderbergh p. 122
2000Wetlugasauridae Schoch and Milner p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Trematosauria
superfamilyTrematosauroidea
familyWetlugasauridae
familyWetlugasauridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Wetlugasauridae Säve-Söderbergh 1935
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G. †Sassenisaurus Nilsson 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available