| Saharastega Temporal range: Upper Permian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Teleostomi |
| Superclass: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Genus: | †Saharastega Sidor et al., 2005 |
| Type species | |
| †Saharastega moradiensis Sidor et al., 2005
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Saharastega is an extinct genus of basal temnospondyl which lived during the Late Permian period, around 251 to 260 million years ago. Remains of Saharastega, discovered by paleontologist Christian Sidor at the Moradi Formation in Niger, were described briefly in 2005 and more comprehensively in 2006.[1][2] The description is based on a skull lacking the lower jaws.
- ^ Sidor, C. A.; O'Keefe, F. R.; Damiani, R.; Steyer, J. S.; Smith, R. M. H.; Larsson, H. C. E.; Sereno, P. C.; Ide, O.; Maga, A. (2005). "Permian tetrapods from the Sahara show climate-controlled endemism in Pangaea". Nature. 434 (7035): 886–889. doi:10.1038/nature03393. PMID 15829962.
- ^ Damiani, R.; Sidor, C. A.; Steyer, J. S.; Smith, R. M. H.; Larsson, H. C. E.; Maga, A.; Ide, O. (2006). "The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger. V. The primitive temnospondyl Saharastega moradiensis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (3): 559–572. doi:10.1080/02724634.2006.10010015.