Rhadalognathus

Rhadalognathus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Clade: †Capitosauria
Family: †Mastodonsauridae
Genus: †Rhadalognathus
Species
  • †R. boweni

Rhadalognathus was a prehistoric crocodile-like amphibian that belongs to the Mastodonsauridae family. Not much is known about this creature but it lived in the Triassic period.[1][2][3][4] Rhadalognathus is also the name of the genus in which the organism belongs within. Rhadalognathus was found in northern Arizona, US, by S. P. Welles in 1947.[2] The size of the organism is unknown but its skull is about 17in long and weighs 7lbs.

References

  1. ^ GBIF. "Rhadalognathus boweni - Checklist View". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  2. ^ a b "Fossilworks: Rhadalognathus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Rhadalognathus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  4. ^ "Taxonomy Details: Rhadalognathus". arctos.database.museum. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
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