Eremosaurus
| Eremosaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Aptian), | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Chigutisauridae |
| Genus: | †Eremosaurus Hart, 2024 |
| Type species | |
| Eremosaurus grippiae Hart, 2024 | |
Eremosaurus is an extinct genus of brachyopoid temnospondyl in the family Chigutisauridae. Fossils have been found in the Wonthaggi Formation in Victoria, Australia and date back to 120 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous, making it the last known temnospondyl alongside the coeval Koolasuchus. It is known from an associated cranium and mandible, as well as a referred mandibular ramus. The type species Eremosaurus grippiae was named in 2024.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Hart, Lachlan J. (2024). Palaeobiology and taxonomy of Australian temnospondyl amphibians (PhD thesis). University of New South Wales. doi:10.26190/unsworks/30372. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
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