Hadrokkosaurus

Hadrokkosaurus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Skull of Hadrokkosaurus bradyi in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Family: †Brachyopidae
Genus: †Hadrokkosaurus
Welles, 1957
Type species
†Hadrokkosaurus bradyi
Welles, 1947 (originally Taphrognathus bradyi)

Hadrokkosaurus is an extinct genus of brachyopid temnospondyl amphibian from the Middle Triassic of the southwestern United States. It includes a single species, Hadrokkosaurus bradyi, known from the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ruta, M.; Bolt, J. R. (2008). "The brachyopoid Hadrokkosaurus bradyi from the Early Middle Triassic of Arizona, and a phylogenetic analysis of lower jaw characters in temnospondyl amphibians". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53 (4): 579. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0403.


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