Luzocephalus
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Extinct genus of temnospondyls
| Luzocephalus Temporal range: Early Triassic
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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]
Phylogeny
[edit ]Luzocephalus in a cladogram after Novikov (2018) with only Early Triassic Eastern Europe taxa included:[3]
