Mahavisaurus

Mahavisaurus is an extinct genus of rhytidosteid temnospondyl from the early Triassic period (Induan stage) of Iraro, Madagascar. It is known from the holotype MNHN MAE 3037, a nearly complete skull, recovered from the Middle Sakamena Formation. This genus was named by J. P. Lehman in 1966, and the type species is Mahavisaurus dentatus.[1]

Mahavisaurus
Temporal range: Early Triassic, Induan
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Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Family: †Rhytidosteidae
Genus: †Mahavisaurus
Lehman, 1966
Species
  • M. dentatus Lehman, 1966 (type)

See also
  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References
  1. Lehman, J. P. (1966). "Nouveaux Stégocéphales de Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés). 52: 117–147.


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