Uranocentrodon

Uranocentrodon
Temporal range: Changhsingian
↓
259.9–252.2 Ma
Reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Family: †Rhinesuchidae
Genus: †Uranocentrodon
van Hoepen, 1917
Type species
†Uranocentrodon senekalensis
(van Hoepen, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Myriodon senekalensis van Hoepen, 1911 (preoccupied)
  • Rhinesuchus major Broom, 1911[1]

Uranocentrodon is an extinct genus of temnospondyls in the family Rhinesuchidae. Known from a 50 centimetres (20 in) skull, Uranocentrodon was a large predator with a length up to 3.75 metres (12.3 ft).[2] Originally named Myriodon by van Hoepen in 1911, it was transferred to a new genus on account of the name being preoccupied in 1917. It has been synonymized with Rhinesuchus, but this has not been widely supported. It was also originally considered to be of Triassic age, but more recent analysis has placed its age as just below the Permian-Triassic boundary.[3][1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Latimer2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Transvaal Museum.; Museum, Transvaal (1913). Annals of the Transvaal Museum. Vol. 4. Pretoria: Transvaal Museum.
  3. ^ Mariscano, C.A.; Latimer, E.; Rubidge, B.; Smith, R.M.H. (2017). "The Rhinesuchidae and early history of the Stereospondyli (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) at the end of the Palaeozoic". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (2): 357–384. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw032. hdl:11336/105150.