Lyrocephaliscus

Lyrocephaliscus is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trematosauridae.

Lyrocephaliscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Infraorder:	†Trematosauria
Superfamily:	†Trematosauroidea
Family:	†Trematosauridae
Genus:	†Lyrocephaliscus Wiman, 1914
Species
†L. euri Wiman, 1914 (type)

Classification

Below is a cladogram from Steyer (2002) showing the phylogenetic relationships of trematosaurids:[1]

Trematosauridae	Trematosaurinae      Tertrema       Lyrocephaliscus     Platystega           Luzocephalus       Trematosaurus     Trematosuchus          Lonchorhynchinae    Aphaneramma       Erythrobatrachus     Cosgriffius       Stoschiosaurus     Wantzosaurus

References

1. Steyer, J. S. (2002). "The first articulated trematosaur 'amphibian' from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar: implications for the phylogeny of the group". Palaeontology. 45: 771–793. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00260.

See also

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians