Chomatobatrachus Temporal range: Early Triassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Lydekkerinidae |
Genus: | †Chomatobatrachus |
Species: | †C. halei
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Binomial name | |
†Chomatobatrachus halei Cosgriff, 1974[1]
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Chomatobatrachus is a genus of prehistoric temnospondyl from the Triassic.
A temnospondyl species placed in a monotypic genus Chomatobatrachus and allied to the Lydekkerinidae family. The description was published in 1974 by the palaeontologist John W. Cosgriff.[1][2] The type locality is Meadowbank, a site associated with the Knocklofty Formation, where a skull was discovered in Induan terrestrial mudstone.[3]