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Kestrosaurus

Kestrosaurus, occasionally misspelt as Kerstisaurus, is an extinct genus of Triassic capitosauroid temnospondyl within the family Mastodonsauridae.

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Kestrosaurus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Clade: Capitosauria
Family: Mastodonsauridae
Genus: Kestrosaurus
Haughton, 1925
Species:
K. dreyeri
Binomial name
Kestrosaurus dreyeri
Haughton, 1925

Kestrosaurus, occasionally misspelt as Kerstisaurus,1 is an extinct genus of Triassic capitosauroid temnospondyl within the family Mastodonsauridae.

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References

References

  1. Carpenter, Kenneth (2001). The Armored Dinosaurs. ISBN 0-253-33964-2.