Arenaerpeton supinatus (specimen AM F125866) from the Sydney Basin

Chigutisauridae is an extinct family of large temnospondyls. The only genera recognized as belonging to Chigutisauridae at the current time are all from Gondwana. Chigutisaurids first appeared during the Early Triassic in Australia. During the Late Triassic they became widely distributed in Gondwana, with fossils found in South Africa, India and South America. Koolasuchus from the Early Cretaceous of Australia represents the youngest known temnospondyl.

List of genera

Further reading

  • Sengupta, D.P. (1995). (PDF). Palaeontology: 19-59. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011.
  • Sengupta, D.P. 2003. Triassic temnospondyls of the Pranhita-Godavari Basin, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 21: 655-662.

External links

  • . Palaeos.com. Archived from on May 15, 2008.