| Luzocephalus Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Lydekkerinidae (?) |
| Genus: | †Luzocephalus Säve-Söderbergh, 1935 |
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Luzocephalus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl from the Early Triassic of Russia (Vetluga Series, Kasnyye Baki horizon) and Greenland (Wordie Creek Formation). It is usually regarded as a member of the family Lydekkerinidae, although it has also been placed in the family Trematosauridae.[1][2]
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- ^ Dias-Da-Silva, S. R.; Marsicano, C. (2011). "Phylogenetic reappraisal of Rhytidosteidae (Stereospondyli: Trematosauria), temnospondyl amphibians from the Permian and Triassic". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 9 (2): 305. Bibcode:2011JSPal...9..305D. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.492664. hdl:11336/68471. S2CID 84569779.