Abiadisaurus

Abiadisaurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian from the Temnospondyli clade. It is known solely from the Late Triassic Adigrat Sandstone of Ethiopia.[1][2]

Abiadisaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Abiadisaurus

Description

Abiadisaurus is known only from a left jawbone within the collection of the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP 154459 is its designation), first described in 1998.[3]

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References

  1. Damiani, Ross J. (December 2001). "A systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Triassic mastodonsauroids (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133 (4): 379–482. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00635.x.
  2. "Fossilworks: Abiadisaurus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. Warren, Anne; Yates, Adam M.; Damiani, Ross J.; Goodwin, Mark B.; Wood, Craig B.; Schaff, Charles R. (10 November 1998). "The first Temnospondyl Amphibian (Stereospondyli: Capitosauroidea) from Ethiopia". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. 1998 (11): 694–704. doi:10.1127/njgpm/1998/1998/694.


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