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Tupilakosaurus; Temporal range: Induan, 252.3–251.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Dvinosauria
Family:	†Tupilakosauridae
Genus:	†Tupilakosaurus; Nielsen, 1954
Type species
	†Tupilakosaurus heilmani; Nielsen, 1954

Tupilakosaurus is an extinct genus of dvinosaurian temnospondyl within the family Tupilakosauridae.^[1]

Two species are known:^[1]

Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen, 1954 — Wordie Creek Formation, Greenland^[2]^[3]
Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis Shishkin, 1961 — Vokhma and Kopanskaya Formation, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

References

^ ^a ^b "†Tupilakosaurus Nielsen 1954". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ Nielsen, Eigil (1954). "Tupilakosaurus heilmani n. g. et n. sp. an interesting batrachomorph from the Triassic of East Greenland". Meddelelser om Grønland. 722 (8): 1–33.
^ Nielsen, Eigil (1967). "New observations on the skull-roof of the holotype of Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen". Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology). 47 (311): 225–229. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1967.tb01405.x.