Mentosaurus

Mentosaurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Genus: †
Röpke, 1930
Type species
†Mentosaurus waltheri
Röpke, 1930

Mentosaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyls.[1][2] It lived around 247-242 million years ago.

M. waltheri was identified in Germany in 1930 by Walter Karl Johann Roepke.[3]

References

  1. ^ Meddelelser Om Grønland. C.A. Reitzel. 1935. p. 81.
  2. ^ Memoir. The Society. 1934. pp. 362–364.
  3. ^ DAMIANI, ROSS J. (December 2001). "A systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Triassic mastodonsauroids (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133 (4): 475. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00635.x. ISSN 0024-4082.


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