Bulgosuchus

Bulgosuchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibians, known from an incomplete mandible and a femur recovered from the Bulgo Sandstone at Long Reef in Sydney, Australia. The mandible is estimated to have been at least one metre long.[1][2][3]

Bulgosuchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
†Temnospondyli
Family:
†Mastodonsauridae
Genus:
†Bulgosuchus
Species:
†B. gargantua

References
  1. Kear, Benjamin P.; Hamilton-Bruce, Robert J. (2011). Dinosaurs in Australia: Mesozoic Life from the Southern Continent. CSIRO Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 9780643102316.
  2. Damiani, Ross J. (1999). "Giant temnospondyl amphibians from the Early to Middle Triassic Narrabeen Group of the Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia". Alcheringa. 23 (2): 87–109. doi:10.1080/03115519908619324.
  3. "Bulgosuchus gargantua Damiani, 1999". Museums Victoria. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

See also
  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.