Siderops

Siderops
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, Late Toarcian
~176.6 Ma
Holotype skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Chigutisauridae
Genus: Siderops
Warren and Hutchinson, 1983
Species:
S. kehli
Binomial name
Siderops kehli
Warren and Hutchinson, 1983 [1]

Siderops (from the Greek sideros meaning “iron” and -ops meaning “face”) is an extinct genus of chigutisaurid temnospondyl from Early Jurassic of Australia, containing the species S. kehli (named after the Kehl family of ‘Kolane’, Wandoan, Queensland where the fossil was found).

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