Qantas (genus)

Qantas is a genus of trematosauroid temnospondyl from the Early Triassic. Fossils have been found from the Kamennyi Yar Formation in Borsky District, Samara Oblast. The type species "Qantas samarensis" was named in 2012 and placed in the family Benthosuchidae, as it was viewed as a close relative of "Benthosuchus". The subfamily Qantasinae was established to include "Qantas", and possibly the genus "Tirraturhinus". "Qantas" is named after the Australian airline Qantas, which supported the original study of the fossils.