Metoposauridae is an extinct family of trematosaurian temnospondyls. The family is known from the Triassic period. Most members are large, approximately...
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of large temnospondyls. These animals were part of the family called Metoposauridae, which filled the crocodile-like predatory niches in the late Triassic...
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stereospondyl from the German Middle Triassic, and the origin of the Metoposauridae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 152: 79–113. doi:10.1111/j...
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(Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from Texas, USA and a phylogenetic analysis of the Metoposauridae". PeerJ. 10: e14065. doi:10.7717/peerj.14065. S2CID 252894139....
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grouped together in drying pools during drought. The earliest mention of Metoposauridae dates back to 1842 when Von Meyer described the dorsal view of the skull...
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four-fingered manus as the predominant or plesiomorphic condition. At least in Metoposauridae, there are both taxa with four fingers and taxa with five. The hindlimb...
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Arganasaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyls belonging to the family Metoposauridae that lived in Morocco during the Late Triassic (Carnian). The type species...
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America, Europe and North Africa. Metoposauroidea includes the families Metoposauridae and Latiscopidae. Brusatte, S. L., Butler R. J., Mateus O., & Steyer...
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Capitosauria †Suborder Trematosauria †Family Trematosauridae †Family Metoposauridae †Family Plagiosauridae †Family Rhytidosteidae †Family Brachyopidae †Family...
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retained the larval gills into adulthood, being fully aquatic. The Metoposauridae adapted to hunting in shallows and murky swamps, with ∩-shaped skull...
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