Vanastega
Appearance
Vanastega Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Brachyopidae |
Genus: | †Vanastega Damiani and Kitching, 2003[1] |
Type species | |
†Vanastega plurimidens Damiani and Kitching, 2003[1]
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Vanastega is an extinct genus of Triassic temnospondyl amphibian in the family Brachyopidae. It is known from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone in Burgersdorp, South Africa.[1][2] The genus contains just one species, Vanastega plurimidens, the type species.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Damiani, Ross J.; Kitching, James W. (2003). "A new brachyopid temnospondyl from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, upper Beaufort Group, South Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23 (1): 67–78. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[67:ANBTFT]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4524295.
- ^ a b "†Vanastega Damiani and Kitching 2003". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 15 March 2017.