Lydekkerinidae

Lydekkerinidae
Temporal range: Triassic, 252.3–247.2 Ma
Life restoration of Lyddekerina huxleyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Family: †Lydekkerinidae
Watson, 1919
Synonyms
  • Deltacephalidae Maryánska and Shishkin, 1996

Lydekkerinidae is a family of stereospondyl temnospondyls that lived in the Early Triassic period. During this time period, lydekkerinids were widely distributed, with putative remains reported from Russia, Greenland, India, South Africa, Madagascar, Australia, and Antarctica.[1][2][3][4][5][6] In contrast to most other stereospondyls, lydekkerinids were relatively small-bodied (most with skulls less than 10 cm in length). The type genus is Lydekkerina, the namesake of the family and the best-known lydekkerinid.

  1. ^ Hewison, Robin H. (1996). "The skull of Deltacephalus whitei, a lydekkerinid temnospondyl amphibian from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar". Palaeontology. 39: 305–322.
  2. ^ Shishkin, Mikhail A.; Rubidge, Bruce S.; Kitching, James A. (1996-11-29). "A new lydekkerinid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the lower Triassic of South Africa: implications for evolution of the early capitosauroid cranial pattern". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 351 (1347): 1635–1659. Bibcode:1996RSPTB.351.1635S. doi:10.1098/rstb.1996.0147. ISSN 0962-8436.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference SM00 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Jeannot, A.M.; Damiani, R.; Rubidge, B.S. (2006). "Cranial anatomy of the Early Triassic stereospondyl Lydekkerina huxleyi (Tetrapoda: Temnospondyli) and the taxonomy of South African lydekkerinids". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (4): 822–838. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[822:CAOTET]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86227485.
  5. ^ WARREN, A. A.; DAMIANI, R.; YATES, A. M. (2006-09-04). "The South African stereospondyl Lydekkerina huxleyi (Tetrapoda, Temnospondyli) from the Lower Triassic of Australia". Geological Magazine. 143 (6): 877–886. Bibcode:2006GeoM..143..877W. doi:10.1017/s0016756806002524. ISSN 0016-7568. S2CID 13931179.
  6. ^ Gee, Bryan M.; Makovicky, Peter J.; Sidor, Christian A. (2021-12-17). "Upside down: 'Cryobatrachus' and the lydekkerinid record from Antarctica". Journal of Paleontology. 96 (3): 658–683. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.115. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 245312022.