Laidleria
| Laidleria Temporal range: Early Triassic | |
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| Laidleria gracilis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Temnospondyli |
| Superfamily: | Plagiosauroidea |
| Family: | Laidleriidae[1] Warren, 1998 |
| Genus: | Laidleria Kitching, 1957 |
| Species | |
Laidleria is an extinct genus of unusual armored temnospondyl from Early Triassic of South Africa.[1] Its closest relative was Uruyiella.[2] Laidleria was 30–40 cm in length.[3]
References
- 1 2 Anne Warren (1998). "Laidleria uncovered: a redescription of Laidleria gracilis Kitching (1975), a temnospondyl from the Cynognathus Zone of South Africa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 122 (1–2): 167–185. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02528.x.
- ↑ Graciela Piñeiro; Claudia Marsicano; Nora Lorenzo (2007). "A new temnospondyl from the Permo-Triassic Buena Vista Formation of Uruguay". Palaeontology. 50 (3): 627–640. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00645.x.
- ↑ "Palaeos Vertebrates Temnospondyli: Plagiosauroidea". Palaeos.com. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
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