Tupilakosauridae

Tupilakosauridae; Temporal range: Early Permian - Early Triassic, 273–245 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Temnospondyli
Suborder:	Dvinosauria
Family:	Tupilakosauridae ; Kuhn, 1960
Genera
	?Kourerpeton; Slaugenhopia; Thabanchuia; Tupilakosaurus;

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Tupilakosauridae is an extinct family of dvinosaurian temnospondyls. It contains the genera Slaugenhopia, Thabanchuia, Tupilakosaurus, and possibly Kourerpeton.^[1] Tupilakosaurs are known from Texas, Greenland, Russia, and France.^[1]^[2] The earliest tupilakosaur, Slaugenhopia, is Early Permian in age while the latest known tupilakosaurs are Early Triassic in age. Derived tupilakosaurs possess embolomerous centra in their vertebrae, which are diplospondylous.^[2] They also have a deep notch in the pterygoid bone of the palate.^[1] Tupilakosaurs were aquatic, and used an undulatory mode of swimming much like that of eels.^[2]

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