Vanastega
| Vanastega Temporal range: Middle Triassic, | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Brachyopidae |
| Genus: | †Vanastega Damiani and Kitching, 2003 |
| Type species | |
| †Vanastega plurimidens Damiani and Kitching, 2003 | |
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. The genus contains just one species, Vanastega plurimidens, the type species.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 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.
- 1 2 "†Vanastega Damiani and Kitching 2003". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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