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    Metoposauridae is an extinct family of trematosaurian temnospondyls. The family is known from the Triassic period. Most members are large, approximately...
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    of large temnospondyls. These animals were part of the family called Metoposauridae, which filled the crocodile-like predatory niches in the late Triassic...
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    (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from Texas, USA and a phylogenetic analysis of the Metoposauridae". PeerJ. 10: e14065. doi:10.7717/peerj.14065. S2CID 252894139....
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  • Arganasaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyls belonging to the family Metoposauridae that lived in Morocco during the Late Triassic (Carnian). The type species...
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    grouped together in drying pools during drought. The earliest mention of Metoposauridae dates back to 1842 when Von Meyer described the dorsal view of the skull...
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    four-fingered manus as the predominant or plesiomorphic condition. At least in Metoposauridae, there are both taxa with four fingers and taxa with five. The hindlimb...
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    Capitosauria †Suborder Trematosauria †Family Trematosauridae †Family Metoposauridae †Family Plagiosauridae †Family Rhytidosteidae †Family Brachyopidae †Family...
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    retained the larval gills into adulthood, being fully aquatic. The Metoposauridae adapted to hunting in shallows and murky swamps, with ∩-shaped skull...
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    America, Europe and North Africa. Metoposauroidea includes the families Metoposauridae and Latiscopidae. Brusatte, S. L., Butler R. J., Mateus O., & Steyer...
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    Trematosuchoides Trematosaurus Trematosuchus Trematotegmen Wantzosaurus Metoposauridae Anaschisma Apachesaurus Arganasaurus Buettnererpeton Dutuitosaurus Metoposaurus...
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