Calmasuchus is a genusofcapitosaurian temnospondyl which lived during the middle Triassic (lower-middle Anisian age). Fossils of Calmasuchus have been recovered from the La Mora site of the Catalan basin in BarcelonaofSpain.[1] Identified from a partial skull roof and palate (holotype IPS-37401 (LM-83)), skull fragments (IPS-37401 (LM-63, LM-101, L and M1)) and complete hemi-mandible (IPS-12 42407 (LM-4)), it was named by Josep Fortuny, Àngel Galobart and Carles De Santisteban in 2011. The type species is Calmasuchus acri.[1]
Calmasuchus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Clade: | †Capitosauria |
Genus: | †Calmasuchus Fortuny et al., 2011 |
Type species | |
†Calmasuchus acri Fortuny et al., 2011 |
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