Microposaurus
Microposaurus (meaning "small eyed lizard"; from Greek , "small" + , "face" or "eye" + , "lizard") is an extinct genus of trematosaurid temnospondyl. Fossils are known from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of the Beaufort Group (part of the Karoo Supergroup) in South Africa and the Rouse Hill Siltstone of Australia that date back to the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic. These aquatic creatures were the short snouted lineage from Trematosaurinae.
Q2342478
trematosaurid
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Q131447
temnospondyl
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Q3438772
Cynognathus Assemblage Zone
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Q3467590
Beaufort Group
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Q258
South Africa
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Q408
Australia
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Q549024
Anisian stage
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Q929395
Middle Triassic
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Q557234
Microposaurus
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