Edingerella

Edingerella
Temporal range: Early Triassic
Skulls
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Clade: Capitosauria
Genus: Edingerella
Schoch and Milner, 2000
Type species
Edingerella madagascariensis
(Lehman, 1961 [originally Benthosuchus madagascariensis])
Restoration

Edingerella is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of Madagascar. It is a basal capitosaur closely related to Watsonisuchus.[1]

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Fortuny et al. (2011):[2]

Stereospondyli

Lydekkerina huxleyi


Rhinesuchidae

Rhineceps nyasaensis



Uranocentrodon senekalensis




Capitosauria

Wetlugasaurus angustifrons





Odenwaldia heidelbergensis



Vladlenosaurus alexeyevi







Edingerella madagascariensis



Watsonisuchus spp.





Xenotosuchus africanus




Cherninia denwai




Paracyclotosaurus crookshanki





Stanocephalosaurus pronus



Stanocephalosaurus birdi





Procyclotosaurus stantonensis




Eocyclotosaurus spp.



Quasicyclotosaurus campi











Parotosuchus orenburgensis




Calmasuchus acri





Cyclotosaurus robustus



Tatrasuchus wildi





Eryosuchus garjainovi



Mastodonsaurus giganteus









Trematosauria

Benthosuchus sushkini


Trematosauroidea

Thoosuchus yakovlevi




Angusaurus spp.



Trematosaurus brauni







References

  1. Maganuco, S.; Steyer, J.S.; Pasini, G.; Boulay, M.; Lorrain, S.; Bénéteau, A.; Auditore, M. (2009). "An exquisite specimen of Edingerella madagascariensis (Temnospondyli) from the Lower Triassic of NW Madagascar; cranial anatomy, phylogeny, and restorations". Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturalie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 36 (2): 1–72.
  2. Fortuny, J.; Galobart, À.; Santisteban, C. D. (2011). "A New Capitosaur from the Middle Triassic of Spain and the Relationships within the Capitosauria". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (3): 553. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0025.
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