Metoposaurus - Wikipedia
Metoposaurus meaning "front lizard" is an extinct genus of stereospondyl temnospondyls, known from the Late Triassic of Germany, Italy, Poland, and Portugal. [1][2] This mostly aquatic animal [3] possessed small, weak limbs, sharp teeth, and a large, flat head. [4]
Meet the super salamander that nearly ate your ancestors for breakfast
2015年3月24日 · Metoposaurus was an ancient relative of today’s amphibians, which include salamanders, newts, frogs, and toads. It was part of a major group of mostly large amphibians called...
Metoposaurus algarvensis: Fossils of Giant Salamander-Like …
2015年3月24日 · A team of scientists led by Dr Steve Brusatte of the University of Edinburgh, UK, has discovered a new species of metoposaurus that lived in lakes and rivers of what is now Portugal during the Late Triassic period, between 200 and 230 million years ago.
Metoposaurus - Prehistoric Wildlife
Facts and information about the temnospondyl genus Metoposaurus and other prehistoric creatures.
Giant ancient amphibian was bigger than a human | Science | AAAS
2015年3月23日 · The species has been dubbed Metoposaurus algarvensis to honor the Algarve region of Portugal, where the fossils were unearthed. (Even though the genus name contains the Greek word saur, which translates as "lizard," these creatures and their kin were amphibians.)
Metoposaurus - Museum of Evolution
Metoposaurus. Metoposaurus was a huge toad that lived in the time when the first dinosaurs appeared, namely the Triassic period. Palm-like plants spread on land, where a mysterious creature leaves footprints in the dry sand – Chiroterium, known only by its monkey-like five-fingered footprints, prowls along the riverbank in the twilight.
Hundreds of Car-Sized Fossil Amphibians Found in a Mass Grave
2015年3月27日 · Metoposaurus algarvensis had large flat heads lined with hundreds of sharp teeth, according to a press release. Brusatte and the team have excavated around 13 square feet of the site...
Paleontologists Uncover “Super Salamander” Boneyard
2015年3月25日 · A new species of Metoposaurus from the Late Triassic of Portugal and comments on the systematics and biogeography of metoposaurid temnospondyls.
Metoposauridae - Wikipedia
Metoposauridae is an extinct family of trematosaurian temnospondyls. The family is known from the Triassic period. Most members are large, approximately 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long and could reach 3 m long. [1] . Metoposaurids can be distinguished from the very similar mastodonsauroids by the position of their eyes, placed far forward on the snout.
Revision of the Late Triassic metoposaurid “Metoposaurus” bakeri ...
2022年2月10日 · Metoposaurids are a clade of large-bodied temnospondyls commonly found in non-marine Late Triassic deposits across northern Pangea. Three taxa are known from North America: Anaschisma browni, Apachesaurus gregorii, and “Metoposaurus” bakeri.