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| fossil_range = [[Induan]], [[Early Triassic]], {{Fossil range|251|250}} |
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| image_caption = ''Wantzosaurus'' (1) and other Triassic marine predators |
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| genus = Wantzosaurus |
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Revision as of 20:15, 19 August 2023
| Wantzosaurus Temporal range: Induan, Early Triassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Trematosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Lonchorhynchinae |
| Genus: | †Wantzosaurus Lehman, 1961 |
| Species: | †W. elongatus
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| †Wantzosaurus elongatus Lehman, 1961
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Wantzosaurus was a genus of temnospondyl amphibian of the Trematosauridae family. Fossils have been found in the Early Triassic Middle Sakamena Formation (Sakamena Group) of what is now Madagascar. It showed adaptations for an almost completely aquatic lifestyle, having the ability to swim by lateral undulation.[1] A pelagic lifestyle for this animal has been proposed.[2]
References
- ^ Steyer, J. Sébastien (July 2002). "The First Articulated Trematosaur 'amphibian' from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar: Implications for the Phylogeny of the Group". Palaeontology. 45 (4): 771–793. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00260.
- ^ Scheyer, Torsten M.; Romano, Carlo; Jenks, Jim; Bucher, Hugo (19 March 2014). "Early Triassic Marine Biotic Recovery: The Predators' Perspective". PLOS ONE. 9 (3): e88987. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...988987S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088987. PMC 3960099. PMID 24647136.
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