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Indolyrocephalus

Indolyrocephalus is an extinct genus of temnospondyls belonging to the family Trematosauridae. It contains a single species, I. huxleyi, from the Early Triassic Panchet Formation of India. It was initially classified in Gonioglyptus, then into its own genus Indolyrocephalus, and then back into Gonioglyptus, but is presently placed in Indolyrocephalus once again.

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Indolyrocephalus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Trematosauridae
Genus: Indolyrocephalus
Tripathi, 1969
Species:
I. huxleyi
Binomial name
Indolyrocephalus huxleyi
(Lydekker, 1882)
Synonyms

Gonioglyptus huxleyi Lydekker, 1882

Indolyrocephalus is an extinct genus of temnospondyls belonging to the family Trematosauridae. It contains a single species, I. huxleyi, from the Early Triassic Panchet Formation of India.1 It was initially classified in Gonioglyptus, then into its own genus Indolyrocephalus, and then back into Gonioglyptus2, but is presently placed in Indolyrocephalus once again.34

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  2. Steyer, J. Sébastien (July 2002). "The First Articulated Trematosaur 'amphibian' from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar: Implications for the Phylogeny of the Group". Palaeontology. 45 (4): 771–793. Bibcode:2002Palgy..45..771S. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00260. ISSN 0031-0239.
  3. Bandyopadhyay, Saswati; Ray, Sanghamitra (2020-03-01). "Gondwana Vertebrate Faunas of India: Their Diversity and Intercontinental Relationships". Episodes Journal of International Geoscience. 43 (1): 438–460. doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2020/020028.
  4. Ezcurra, Martín D.; Bandyopadhyay, Saswati; Sengupta, Dhurjati P.; Sen, Kasturi; Sennikov, Andrey G.; Sookias, Roland B.; Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Butler, Richard J. (October 2023). "A new archosauriform species from the Panchet Formation of India and the diversification of Proterosuchidae after the end-Permian mass extinction". Royal Society Open Science. 10 (10). Bibcode:2023RSOS...1030387E. doi:10.1098/rsos.230387. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 10598453. PMID 37885992.